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ἐπίστροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίστροφος ἐπίστροφον

Structure: ἐπιστροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pistre/fw

Sense

  1. having dealings with, conversant with

Examples

  • Καὶ ταύτην τὴν παρασκευὴν παρασκευασάμενοσ καὶ τὴν ἄσκησιν ἀσκήσασ τὰ ἀλλότρια ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων διακρίνειν, τὰ κωλυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκωλύτων, ταῦτα πρὸσ σαυτὸν ἡγεῖσθαι, ἐκεῖνα μὴ πρὸσ σαυτόν, ἐνταῦθα ἐπιστρόφωσ ἔχειν τὴν ὄρεξιν, ἐνταῦθα τὴν ἔκκλισιν, μή τι ἔτι φοβῇ τινα; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 81:1)

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

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