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καθεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθεκτός

Etym.: kate/xw

Sense

  1. to be held back or checked, to be retained

Examples

  • "ἐχθὲσ γάρ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καὶ πρῴην μετὰ τὰσ ἀποδύσεισ καὶ ἀπογυμνώσεισ τῶν νέων παραδὺσ εἰσ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ προσανατριβόμενοσ ἡσυχῆ καὶ προσεμβαλών, εἶτα κατὰ μικρὸν ἐν ταῖσ παλαίστραισ πτεροφυήσασ οὐκέτι καθεκτὸσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ λοιδορεῖ καὶ προπηλακίζει τὸν γαμήλιον ἐκεῖνον καὶ συνεργὸν ἀθανασίασ τῷ θνητῷ γένει, σβεννυμένην ἡμῶν τὴν φύσιν εὐθὺσ ἐξανάπτοντα διὰ τῶν γενέσεων. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 514)

Synonyms

  1. to be held back or checked

Related

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

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