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ἐρετικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρετικός ἐρετική ἐρετικόν

Structure: ἐρετικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)re/ths

Sense

  1. of or for rowers, of rowers

Examples

  • διὰ κυβερνητικῆσ γὰρ καὶ πεντηκονταρχίασ καὶ ἐρετικῆσ, καὶ παντοδαπῶν καὶ οὐ πάνυ σπουδαίων ἀνθρώπων γιγνομένησ, τὰσ τιμὰσ ἑκάστοισ οὐκ ἂν δύναιτο ὀρθῶσ ἀποδιδόναι τισ. (Plato, Laws, book 4 19:5)

Synonyms

  1. of or for rowers

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

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