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ἐπίτακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτακτος ἐπίτακτον

Structure: ἐπιτακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pita/ssw

Sense

  1. drawn up behind, the reserve

Examples

  • σπασσάμενοσ δ’ ἄροτρον, βοέουσ δήσαισ ἀνάγκασ ἔντεσιν αὐχένασ ἐμβάλλων τ’ ἐριπλεύρῳ φυᾷ κέντρον αἰανὲσ βιατὰσ ἐξεπόνησ’ ἐπιτακτὸν ἀνὴρ μέτρον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 72:2)

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

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