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ἐπίλεκτος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: epilektos

Principal Part: ἐπίλεκτος ἐπίλεκτον

Structure: ἐπιλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἐπιλέγω

Sense

  1. chosen, picked

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίλεκτος ἐπίλεκτον
Genitive ἐπιλέκτου ἐπιλέκτου
Dative ἐπιλέκτῳ ἐπιλέκτῳ
Accusative ἐπίλεκτον ἐπίλεκτον
Vocative ἐπίλεκτε ἐπίλεκτον
DualN/A/V ἐπιλέκτω ἐπιλέκτω
G/D ἐπιλέκτοιν ἐπιλέκτοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίλεκτοι ἐπίλεκτα
Genitive ἐπιλέκτων ἐπιλέκτων
Dative ἐπιλέκτοις ἐπιλέκτοις
Accusative ἐπιλέκτους ἐπίλεκτα
Vocative ἐπίλεκτοι ἐπίλεκτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίλεκτος ἐπιλέκτου ἐπιλεκτότερος ἐπιλεκτοτέρου ἐπιλεκτότατος ἐπιλεκτοτάτου
Adverb ἐπιλέκτως ἐπιλεκτότερον ἐπιλεκτότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἅρματα Φαραὼ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ ἔρριψεν εἰς θάλασσαν, ἐπιλέκτους ἀναβάτας τριστάτας κατεπόντισεν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:4)
  • καὶ τῶν ἐπιλέκτων τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ οὐ διεφώνησεν οὐδὲ εἷς. καὶ ὤφθησαν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 24:11)
  • καὶ εἶπαν. οὐκ ἀρέσκει ἡμῖν τὸ ὄρος τὸ Ἐφραίμ, καὶ ἵππος ἐπίλεκτος καὶ σίδηρος τῷ Χαναναίῳ τῷ κατοικοῦντι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐν Βαιθσὰν καὶ ἐν ταῖς κώμαις αὐτῆς, ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ἰεσραέλ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 17:16)
  • ὁ γὰρ δρυμὸς ἔσται σοι, ὅτι δρυμός ἐστι καὶ ἐκκαθαριεῖς αὐτόν, καὶ ἔσται σοι. καὶ ὅταν ἐξολοθρεύσῃς τὸν Χαναναῖον, ὅτι ἵππος ἐπίλεκτος αὐτῷ ἐστι, σὺ γὰρ ὑπερισχύεις αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 17:18)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ εἰς πορείαν τοῦ προελθεῖν βασιλέως Ναβουχοδονόσορ καὶ καλύψαι πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς πρὸς δυσμαῖς ἐν ἅρμασι καὶ ἱππεῦσι καὶ πεζοῖς ἐπιλέκτοις αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 2:19)
  • ἡ κρατίστη τε καὶ ἐπίλεκτος ἀκμὴ δισμυρίων μάλιστα πεζῶν ἐγένετο, καὶ τῶν συντεταγμένων τοῖς τέτταρσι τάγμασιν ἱππέων ὁμοῦ τι χιλίων καὶ διακοσίων, ἀποίκων δὲ καὶ συμμάχων ἑτέρα τοσαύτη. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 13 2:1)
  • ἦν δ ἐκ τοῦ Οὐολούσκων ἔθνους ἐπίλεκτος ἀκμὴ σύμμαχος ἀπεσταλμένη Λατίνοις, πρὶν ἢ τὴν μάχην αὐτῶν ἐπιτελεσθῆναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 14 1:3)
  • Μιθριδάτῃ δὲ ἦν ἐπίλεκτος οἰκεῖος στρατός, τρισμύριοι πεζοὶ καὶ ἱππεῖς τρισχίλιοι, καὶ προὐκάθητο τῆς χώρας. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 15 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. chosen

Related

명사

형용사

부사

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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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