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ἐπιθανάτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθανάτιος ἐπιθανάτιος ἐπιθανάτιον

Structure: ἐπιθανατι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. condemned to death

Examples

  • τῇ δ’ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτὶ λύσασ ἐκ τῶν δεσμωτηρίων τοὺσ ἐπιθανατίουσ πολλοὺσ ὄντασ καὶ καθοπλίσασ ἅμα τοῖσ ἄλλοισ φίλοισ, ἐν οἷσ ἦσαν καὶ οἱ τῶν Τυρρηνῶν αἰχμάλωτοι, φυλακὴν ἐκ τούτων καθίσταται περὶ τὸ σῶμα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 7 6:3)
  • ἔστι δὲ τὸ χωρίον κρημνὸσ ἐξαίσιοσ, ὅθεν αὐτοῖσ ἔθοσ ἦν βάλλειν τοὺσ ἐπιθανατίουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 35 6:1)
  • δοκῶ γάρ, ὁ θεὸσ ἡμᾶσ τοὺσ ἀποστόλουσ ἐσχάτουσ ἀπέδειξεν ὡσ ἐπιθανατίουσ, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοισ καὶ ἀνθρώποισ. (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 2 54:1)

Synonyms

  1. condemned to death

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