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

  • τοὺσ δ’ αἱρεθέντασ ἐπιμελεῖσθαι κοινῶν καὶ ξενικῶν καὶ ὀρφανικῶν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 170:3)
  • τὰ μὲν δὴ μέγιστα τῶν συμβολαίων, ὅσα πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἄνθρωποι συμβάλλουσιν, πλήν γε ὀρφανικῶν καὶ τῆσ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων ἐπιμελείασ τῶν ὀρφανῶν, σχεδὸν ἡμῖν διατέτακται· (Plato, Laws, book 11 61:1)
  • ἔγραψε γὰρ τῶν μὲν ὀρφανικῶν χρημάτων ἐπιτροπεύειν τοὺσ ἀγχιστεῖσ τοὺσ ἀπὸ πατρόσ, τρέφεσθαι δὲ τοὺσ ὀρφανοὺσ παρὰ τοῖσ συγγενέσι τοῖσ ἀπὸ μητρόσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 15 3:1)

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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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