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ἐποπτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐποπτικός ἐποπτική ἐποπτικόν

Structure: ἐποπτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)po/pths

Sense

  1. of or for an e)po/pths, ta\ te/lea kai\ e)p. the highest mysteries

Examples

  • ἐοίκε δὲ Ἀλέξανδροσ οὐ μόνον τὸν ἠθικὸν καὶ πολιτικὸν παραλαβεῖν λόγον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων καὶ βαθυτέρων διδασκαλιῶν, ἃσ οἱ ἄνδρεσ ἰδίωσ ἀκροαματικὰσ καὶ ἐποπτικὰσ προσαγορεύοντεσ οὐκ ἐξέφερον εἰσ πολλούσ, μετασχεῖν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 7 3:2)

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

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