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ἐπίκλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκλητος ἐπίκλητον

Structure: ἐπικλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pikale/w

Sense

  1. called upon, called in as allies
  2. specially summoned, privy-councillors
  3. a supernumerary guest

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίκλητος ἐπίκλητον
Genitive ἐπικλήτου ἐπικλήτου
Dative ἐπικλήτῳ ἐπικλήτῳ
Accusative ἐπίκλητον ἐπίκλητον
Vocative ἐπίκλητε ἐπίκλητον
DualN/A/V ἐπικλήτω ἐπικλήτω
G/D ἐπικλήτοιν ἐπικλήτοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίκλητοι ἐπίκλητα
Genitive ἐπικλήτων ἐπικλήτων
Dative ἐπικλήτοις ἐπικλήτοις
Accusative ἐπικλήτους ἐπίκλητα
Vocative ἐπίκλητοι ἐπίκλητα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίκλητος ἐπικλήτου ἐπικλητότερος ἐπικλητοτέρου ἐπικλητότατος ἐπικλητοτάτου
Adverb ἐπικλήτως ἐπικλητότερον ἐπικλητότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λοιπὸν ἢ περὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ προέκθεσιν τῆσ πραγματείασ ἀνάγκη ψεύστην καὶ κόλακα φαίνεσθαι τὸν ἱστοριογράφον, ἢ περὶ τὰσ κατὰ μέροσ ἀποφάσεισ ἀνόητον καὶ μειρακιώδη τελείωσ, εἰ διὰ τῆσ ἀλόγου καὶ ἐπικλήτου λοιδορίασ ὑπέλαβε πιστότεροσ μὲν αὐτὸσ φανήσεσθαι, παραδοχῆσ δὲ μᾶλλον ἀξιωθήσεσθαι τὰσ ἐγκωμιαστικὰσ ἀποφάσεισ αὐτοῦ περὶ Φιλίππου. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 11 2:1)
  • [Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἐπικλήτου]. (Epictetus, Works, book 0 33:1)

Synonyms

  1. called upon

  2. a supernumerary guest

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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