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ἐπικρατής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικρατής ἐπικρατές

Structure: ἐπικρατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kra/tos

Sense

  1. master of, superior, with overwhelming might, impetuously

Examples

  • ὑπέρ σοῦ γὰρ τοῦτο γένοιτ’ ἄν, ὡσ μὴ ἐπικρατῇ σου τὸ Ψεῦδοσ μηδὲ ὑπὸ τῇ Ἀγνοίᾳ λανθάνωσιν οἱ φαῦλοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν σε τοὺσ χρηστοὺσ μεμιμημένοι. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 45:10)
  • ὅταν δὲ ἐπικρατῇ τὸπάθοσ καὶ βλέπηται κοινόν, τότε ἐπίσημον καὶ μέγα καὶ δημοσίᾳ γίγνεται. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 121:6)
  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐξοιδοῦν τι τῶν μερῶν φιλονεικῇ καὶ πλέον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐπικρατῇ, δῆλον ὡσ οὐδενὸσ αὐτοτελοῦσ ὄντοσ κατὰ τὸν ἄρτι λόγον, ἀντισπᾶσθαι δὲ καὶ παραποδίζεσθαι δυναμένησ τῆσ ἑκάστου προθέσεωσ ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων, οὐδὲν ἐξοιδεῖ τῶν μερῶν οὐδ’ ὑπερφρονεῖ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 18 7:1)

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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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