Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεταδίωκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταδίωκτος μεταδίωκτον

Structure: μεταδιωκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from metadiw/kw

Sense

  1. pursued, overtaken

Examples

  • ταῦτα εἴπαντοσ Πρηξάσπεοσ, ἤρεσε γὰρ Καμβύσῃ, αὐτίκα μεταδίωκτοσ γενόμενοσ ὁ κῆρυξ ἧκε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 63 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. pursued

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

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