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

  • σεῖο δίφρουσ ποθέει δῆμοσ ἐνὶ σταδίοισ, σῆσ τε διδασκαλίησ ἐπιδευέεσ ἡνιοχῆεσ εἱάται ὀρφανικοῖσ παισὶν ὁμοιότατοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3753)

Related

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

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