Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρεκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρεκτικός ὀρεκτική ὀρεκτικόν

Structure: ὀρεκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/recis

Sense

  1. of or for the desires, appetitive, the appetites

Examples

  • ἄγε ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ὀρεκτικοῦ καὶ ὁρμητικοῦ ἄλλωσ ἔχει; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 24:1)

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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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