Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ μὲν δὴ Ὄλυμποσ τοιόσδε, περιοικεῖται δὲ πρὸσ ἄρκτον μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν Βιθυνῶν καὶ Μυγδόνων καὶ Δολιόνων, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἔχουσι Μυσοὶ καὶ Ἐπίκτητοι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 8 15:1)

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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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