Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νικόβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νικόβουλος νικόβουλον

Structure: νικοβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boulh

Sense

  1. prevailing in the council

Examples

  • τί δ’ ἄλλο γ’ εἰ μὴ Νικόβουλοσ ἐγενόμην; (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene4)
  • ἔβλαψέ με Νικόβουλοσ ἐπιβουλεύσασ ἐμοὶ καὶ τῇ οὐσίᾳ τῇ ἐμῇ, ἀφελέσθαι κελεύσασ Ἀντιγένην τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἰκέτην τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ ἐμοῦ οἰκέτου, ὃ ἔφερεν καταβολὴν τῇ πόλει τοῦ μετάλλου, ὃ ἐγὼ ἐπριάμην ἐνενήκοντα μνῶν, καὶ αἴτιοσ ἐμοὶ γενόμενοσ ἐγγραφῆναι τὸ διπλοῦν τῷ δημοσίῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 32:1)
  • Νικόβουλοσ δ’ ἐπίφθονόσ ἐστι, καὶ ταχέωσ βαδίζει, καὶ μέγα φθέγγεται, καὶ βακτηρίαν φορεῖ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 82:3)

Synonyms

  1. prevailing in the council

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

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