Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προπηλάκισις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προπηλάκισις προπηλάκισεως

Structure: προπηλακισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from prophlaki/zw

Sense

  1. contumelious treatment

Examples

  • ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ τὰσ τῶν οἰκείων προπηλακίσεισ τοῦ γήρωσ ὀδύρονται, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὴ τὸ γῆρασ ὑμνοῦσιν ὅσων κακῶν σφίσιν αἴτιον. (Plato, Republic, book 1 32:1)

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

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