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

  • πέφυκεν δὲ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ὥσπερ τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐπινεύειν, πρὸσ τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἀνανεύειν, πρὸσ τὸ ἄδηλον ἐπέχειν, οὕτωσ πρὸσ μὲν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὀρεκτικῶσ κινεῖσθαι, πρὸσ δὲ τὸ κακὸν ἐκκλιτικῶσ, πρὸσ δὲ τὸ μήτε κακὸν μήτ’ ἀγαθὸν οὐδετέρωσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 2:1)

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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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