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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

  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἑλέσθαι πεντεκαίδεκα πρεσβευτὰσ αὐτὸν ἐκ βουλῆσ ἐπὶ τὰσ κατὰ μέροσ ἡγεμονίασ, χρήματα δὲ λαμβάνειν ἐκ τῶν ταμιείων καὶ παρὰ τῶν τελωνῶν ὅσα βούλοιτο καὶ ναῦσ διακοσίασ, κύριον ὄντα πλήθουσ καὶ καταλόγου στρατιᾶσ καὶ πληρωμάτων ἐρετικῶν. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 25 3:1)

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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