Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κολακικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολακικός κολακική κολακικόν

Structure: κολακικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = kolakeutiko/s, Plat.

Sense

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ κολακικῆσ ῥητορικῆσ ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῴην ἔγωγε, εὖ οἶδα ὅτι ῥᾳδίωσ ἴδοισ ἄν με φέροντα τὸν θάνατον. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 460:3)
  • εἰ δ’ αὖ μηδὲν μετῆν αὐτοῖσ τῆσ κολακικῆσ, πῶσ μετὰ τῶν κολάκων αὐτοὺσ τίθησ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 155:5)

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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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