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ἐπίπαστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίπαστος ἐπίπαστον

Structure: ἐπιπαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pipa/ssw

Sense

  1. sprinkled over, a kind of cake with comfits, upon it
  2. a plaster

Examples

  • ἐπίπαστα λείξασ δημιόπραθ’ ὁ βάσκανοσ ῥέγκει μεθύων ἐν ταῖσι βύρσαισ ὕπτιοσ. (Aristotle, Prologue 3:19)
  • καὶ γῆσ καὶ τῆσ ἐρυθρᾶσ γε θαλάσσησ, χὤτι γ’ ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισ δικάσεισ, λείχων ἐπίπαστα. (Aristotle, Episode 2:27)

Synonyms

  1. a plaster

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

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