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

  • ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε ὁ Ἐπίκτητοσ ἐπιτιμῶν ἅμα συνεβούλευεν αὐτῷ ἀγαγέσθαι γυναῖκα καὶ παιδοποιήσασθαι ‐ πρέπειν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο φιλοσόφῳ ἀνδρὶ ἕτερον ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ καταλιπεῖν τῇ φύσει ‐ ἐλεγκτικώτατα πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπεκρίνατο, Οὐκοῦν, ὦ Ἐπίκτητε, δόσ μοι μίαν τῶν σαυτοῦ θυγατέρων. (Lucian, (no name) 55:1)
  • καὶ πενία δέ, εἴποι ἂν ὁ Ἐπίκτητοσ, οὐδὲν δεινόν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 20)
  • δοῦλοσ Ἐπίκτητοσ γενόμην, καὶ σῶμ’ ἀνάπηροσ, καὶ πενίην Ἶροσ, καὶ φίλοσ ἀθανάτοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6761)
  • Ῥωμαίοισ ἡ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ὑπάρξασα γῆ βραχεῖά ἐστι καὶ λυπρά, ἡ δ’ ἐπίκτητοσ, ἣν τοὺσ περιοίκουσ ἀφελόμενοι ἔχουσι, πολλὴ καὶ ἀγαθή· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 8 2:1)
  • δεῖ αὖ νοῆσαι ὅτι ἡμῶν ἐν ἑκάστῳ δύο τινέ ἐστον ἰδέα ἄρχοντε καὶ ἄγοντε, οἷν ἑπόμεθα ᾗ ἂν ἄγητον, ἡ μὲν ἔμφυτοσ οὖσα ἐπιθυμία ἡδονῶν, ἄλλη δὲ ἐπίκτητοσ δόξα, ἐφιεμένη τοῦ ἀρίστου. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 71:4)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION