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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

Examples

  • Ὁ δὲ τοῦ Γιώρα Σίμων, ὃν ἐν ταῖσ ἀμηχανίαισ ἐπίκλητον αὑτῷ τύραννον ὁ δῆμοσ ἐλπίδι βοηθείασ προσεισήγαγε, τήν τε ἄνω πόλιν ἔχων καὶ τῆσ κάτω πολὺ μέροσ ἐρρωμενέστερον ἤδη τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ιωἄννην προσέβαλλεν ὡσ ἂν καὶ καθύπερθεν πολεμουμένοισ· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. called upon

  2. a supernumerary guest

Related

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

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