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ἐπιστρεφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστρεφής ἐπιστρεφές

Structure: ἐπιστρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pistre/fw

Sense

  1. turning one's eyes or mind, attentive
  2. earnest, vehement, earnestly, sharply

Examples

  • μετὰ τοῦτον Αὐτοκλῆσ, μάλα δοκῶν ἐπιστρεφὴσ εἶναι ῥήτωρ, ὧδε ἠγόρευεν· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 10:1)
  • εἶτ’ ἂν ἐπιστρέφῃσ κατὰ σαυτὸν καὶ ζητήσῃσ τὴν χώραν, ἐξ ἧσ ἐστι τὸ συμβεβηκόσ, εὐθὺσ ἀναμνησθήσῃ, ὅτι "ἐκ τῆσ τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων, τῶν οὐκ ἐμῶν· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 105:3)
  • καλὸσ εἶναι θέλεισ καὶ πλάσσεισ σεαυτὸν μὴ ὢν καὶ ἐσθῆτα ἐπιδεικνύειν θέλεισ στιλπνήν, ἵνα τὰσ γυναῖκασ ἐπιστρέφῃσ, κἄν που μυραφίου ἐπιτύχῃσ, μακάριοσ εἶναι δοκεῖσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 7:1)

Similar forms

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

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