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ἐπιμηθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμηθής ἐπιμηθές

Structure: ἐπιμηθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=dos

Sense

  1. thoughtful

Examples

  • οὗτοσ βασιλεύων τῶν περὶ τὴν Φθίαν τόπων γαμεῖ Πύρραν τὴν Ἐπιμηθέωσ καὶ Πανδώρασ, ἣν ἔπλασαν θεοὶ πρώτην γυναῖκα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 2:2)
  • "̓̀Ω πόποι, οἱο͂ν τοῦτο θεοὶ ποίησαν ἄνακτεσ θηρίον ἀνθρώποισι μετέμμεναι, ὡσ ἐπιμηθέσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 35)
  • ἤρεσεν οὖν μοι καὶ ἐν τῷ μύθῳ ὁ Προμηθεὺσ μᾶλλον τοῦ Ἐπιμηθέωσ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 421:3)

Synonyms

  1. thoughtful

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

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