Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίλεκτος ἐπίλεκτον

Structure: ἐπιλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pile/gw

Sense

  1. chosen, picked

Examples

  • ἧσ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κρατήσαντεσ καὶ πληρώματι καταρτίσαντεσ ἐπιλέκτῳ πάντασ τοὺσ εἰσπλέοντασ, μάλιστα δὲ τὸν Ῥόδιον, ἐπετήρουν. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 47 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. chosen

Related

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

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