Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιθυμητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθυμητικός ἐπιθυμητική ἐπιθυμητικόν

Structure: ἐπιθυμητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)piqume/w

Sense

  1. desiring, coveting, lusting after

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

  • εἰ γὰρ συμβέβηκεν τοῖσ νέοισ ὀργίλοισ εἶναι ἢ ἐπιθυμητικοῖσ, οὐ διὰ τὴν νεότητα πράττουσι τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀλλὰ δι’ ὀργὴν καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 10 9:2)

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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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