Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • πάλιν τε δεηθεὶσ χρημάτων ἐκέλευσεν ἀπογράψασθαι χρημάτων πρὸσ αὑτὸν ὅσοι οἶκοί εἰσιν ὀρφανικοί. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 74:1)
  • χῆραι δ’ ὀρφανικοί τε, τί ῥέξετε; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 26 1:2)
  • τοῦ δὲ γυναικὸσ μέν τ’ ἀμφίδρυφοί εἰσι παρειαί, παῖδεσ δ’ ὀρφανικοί· (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 38:7)

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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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