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ἐπιθετικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθετικός ἐπιθετική ἐπιθετικόν

Structure: ἐπιθετικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)piti/qemai

Sense

  1. ready to attack, enterprising
  2. added

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • κοινὴ δὲ φυλακὴ πάσησ μοναρχίασ τὸ μηθένα ποιεῖν ἕνα μέγαν, ἀλλ’ εἴπερ, πλείουσ τηρήσουσι γὰρ ἀλλήλουσ, ἐὰν δ’ ἄρα τινὰ δέῃ ποιῆσαι μέγαν, μή τοι τό γε ἦθοσ θρασύν ἐπιθετικώτατον γὰρ τὸ τοιοῦτον ἦθοσ περὶ πάσασ τὰσ πράξεισ, κἂν τῆσ δυνάμεώσ τινα δοκῇ παραλύειν, ἐκ προσαγωγῆσ τοῦτο δρᾶν καὶ μὴ πᾶσαν ἀθρόαν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξουσίαν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 312:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ παρασκευαστικὸν τῶν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον τὸν στρατηγὸν εἶναι χρή, καὶ ποριστικὸν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τοῖσ στρατιώταισ, καὶ μηχανικὸν καὶ ἐργαστικὸν καὶ ἐπιμελῆ καὶ καρτερικὸν καὶ ἀγχίνουν, καὶ φιλόφρονά τε καὶ ὠμόν, καὶ ἁπλοῦν τε καὶ ἐπίβουλον, καὶ φυλακτικόν τε καὶ κλέπτην, καὶ προετικὸν καὶ ἁρ́παγα καὶ φιλόδωρον καὶ πλεονέκτην καὶ ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ἐπιθετικόν, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ καὶ φύσει καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ δεῖ τὸν εὖ στρατηγήσοντα ἔχειν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 7:2)
  • καὶ τῶν κυνῶν τῶν εὐφυεστάτων, φιλοπόνων τε οὐσῶν καὶ ἐπιθετικῶν τοῖσ θηρίοισ, τὰσ μὲν καλῶσ ἀχθείσασ ἀρίστασ γίγνεσθαι πρὸσ τὰσ θήρασ καὶ χρησιμωτάτασ, ἀναγώγουσ δὲ γιγνομένασ ματαίουσ τε καὶ μανιώδεισ καὶ δυσπειθεστάτασ. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 4:2)
  • ἐπιθετικοὶ γὰρ καὶ λῃστρικοὶ τοῖσ βίοισ ἐγένοντο τὰ μικρὰ τολμῶντεσ, μεγάλοισ δ’ οὐκ ἐπιβαλλόμενοι διὰ τὸ μεγάλασ μὴ κατασκευάζεσθαι δυνάμεισ καὶ κοινωνίασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. added

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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