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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

  • τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ μέροσ ἐξεργασθέντα περὶ τὴν χώραν καὶ πόλεισ ὅσασ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ τοῖσ ἐπικτήτοισ ἐγείραντεσ κόσμῳ τῷ καλλίστῳ τὸ γένοσ ἡμῶν ηὐξήσαμεν, περίεργά μοι δοκεῖ λέγειν εἰδόσιν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 456:1)

Related

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

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