Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κολαστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολαστικός κολαστική κολαστικόν

Structure: κολαστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kola/zw

Sense

  1. corrective

Examples

  • ὁρᾶτε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ νομοθέτασ τῷ κολαστικῷ εἴδει τὸ πλέον νέμοντασ, ὡσ τῶν γε ἄλλων οὐδὲν ὄφελοσ, εἰ μὴ ὁ φόβοσ προσείη καὶ ἐλπὶσ τῆσ κολάσεωσ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 8:1)

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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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