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

  • ἡ δὲ περὶ τὰσ ᾠδὰσ καὶ τὰ μέλη παίδευσισ οὐχ ἧττον ἐσπουδάζετο τῆσ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ εὐζηλίασ καὶ καθαριότητοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ μέλη κέντρον εἶχεν ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ καὶ παραστατικὸν ὁρμῆσ ἐνθουσιώδουσ καὶ πραγματικῆσ, καὶ ἡ λέξισ ἦν ἀφελὴσ καὶ ἄθρυπτοσ ἐπὶ πράγμασι σεμνοῖσ καὶ ἠθοποιοῖσ. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 21 1:1)

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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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