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ὀρφανικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρφανικός ὀρφανική ὀρφανικόν

Structure: ὀρφανικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)rfano/s

Sense

  1. orphaned, fatherless, which makes one an orphan, orphanhood
  2. of or for orphans

Examples

  • ὃσ ἂν θῆλυν εἴτε ἄρρενα ἐπιτροπεύῃ, καὶ ὃσ ἂν ἐπιτρόπου φύλαξ τῶν νομοφυλάκων καταστὰσ ἐπιμελῆται, μὴ χεῖρον ἀγαπάτω τῶν αὑτοῦ τέκνων τὸν τῆσ ὀρφανικῆσ μετειληφότα τύχησ, μηδὲ τῶν οἰκείων τῶν τοῦ τρεφομένου χεῖρον χρημάτων ἐπιμελείσθω, βέλτιον δὲ ἢ τῶν αὑτοῦ κατὰ προθυμίαν. (Plato, Laws, book 11 99:3)

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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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