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ἐπίκτητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκτητος ἐπίκτητον

Structure: ἐπικτητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gained besides or in addition, newly acquired

Examples

  • ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν οὐ μόνον δι’ ἐπιστήμην ἀγαθοὶ ἄνδρεσ ἂν εἰε͂ν καὶ ὠφέλιμοι ταῖσ πόλεσιν, εἴπερ εἰε͂ν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δι’ ὀρθὴν δόξαν, τούτοιν δὲ οὐδέτερον φύσει ἐστὶν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, οὔτε ἐπιστήμη οὔτε δόξα ἀληθήσ, οὔτ’ ἐπίκτητα ‐ ἢ δοκεῖ σοι φύσει ὁποτερονοῦν αὐτοῖν εἶναι; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 173:5)
  • ἑστίασ δὲ καὶ ἱερὰ ἄλλα καὶ ἀγορὰσ ἔνι καὶ μετελθόντασ ἐργάσασθαι, καὶ ταχὺ κἀκεῖνα ὑμῖν ἔσται πάτρια, ᾧ λόγῳ καὶ τὰ ἐν Τύρῳ καταλιπόντεσ ἠλλάξασθε Λιβύην, τά τε ἐπίκτητα ὑμῖν τότε γενόμενα νῦν πάτρια τίθεσθε. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 10:4)

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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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