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κολακικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολακικός κολακική κολακικόν

Structure: κολακικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = kolakeutiko/s, Plat.

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Examples

  • πότερον ἁπλῶσ οὕτωσ εἶναι πρὸσ φόβουσ καὶ λύπασ διαμάχην μόνον, ἢ καὶ πρὸσ πόθουσ τε καὶ ἡδονὰσ καί τινασ δεινὰσ θωπείασ κολακικάσ, αἳ καὶ τῶν σεμνῶν οἰομένων εἶναι τοὺσ θυμοὺσ ποιοῦσιν κηρίνουσ. (Plato, Laws, book 1 55:4)

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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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