Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠθοποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠθοποιός ἠθοποιόν

Structure: ἠθοποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poie/w

Sense

  1. forming character

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν παιδεύσεων τὰσ μὲν ἠθοποιοὺσ ἢ πρὸσ ἡδονήν τινα καὶ χάριν ἐλευθέριον σπουδαζομένασ ὀκνηρῶσ καὶ ἀπροθύμωσ ἐξεμάνθανε, τῶν δὲ εἰσ σύνεσιν ἢ πρᾶξιν λεγομένων δῆλοσ ἦν ὑπερορῶν παρ’ ἡλικίαν, ὡσ τῇ φύσει πιστεύων. (Plutarch, , chapter 2 2:2)

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

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