Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρεκτός ὀρεκτή ὀρεκτόν

Structure: ὀρεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)re/gw

Sense

  1. stretched out, to be presented, thrown)

Examples

  • ᾗ δ’ εἷσ καὶ ἀδιαίρετοσ, ὀρεκτὸσ αὐτὸσ αὑτοῦ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 136:5)
  • ὅτι γάρ πῃ ὁμοιοῖ καὶ εἷσ καὶ αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ ἀγαθόσ, ταύτῃ αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ φίλοσ καὶ ὀρεκτόσ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 137:2)

Related

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

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