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ἐπίκοινος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκοινος ἐπίκοινον

Structure: ἐπικοιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. common to many, promiscuous, sharing equally in, in common

Examples

  • ἔστι γὰρ τὰ μὲν πολιτικὰ νοήματα τραχύτερα, ἐνδοξότερα καὶ ἀπὸ ἐνδοξοτέρων λαμβανόμενα, καὶ δριμύτερα, τήν τε δριμύτητα ἐργαζόμενα ἐκ τοῦ σπανιώτερά τε εἶναι καὶ ἔνδοξα, τὰ δὲ ἀφελῆ νοήματα ἁπλᾶ, ἐπίκοινα, ἄδοξα, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ ἀδόξων τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων λαμβανόμενα. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 1 4:2)
  • γυναῖκα μὲν γαμέει ἕκαστοσ, ταύτῃσι δὲ ἐπίκοινα χρέωνται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 216 2:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ δή σφι ἐσ τοῦτο τὸ πρῆγμα εἶχε τὸ χρηστήριον τὸ ἐπίκοινα ἔχρησε ἡ Πυθίη τούτοισί τε καὶ Μιλησίοισι, λέγον ὧδε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 77 3:1)

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

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