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πρωταγωνιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρωταγωνιστής πρωταγωνιστοῦ

Structure: πρωταγωνιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. one who plays the first part, the chief actor

Examples

  • καὶ ἀπῇρεν ἡ δύναμισ ἀπὸ τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ καὶ ἔστησαν εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτοῖσ, καὶ ἐμερίσθη ἡ ἵπποσ εἰσ δύο μέρη, καὶ οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ οἱ τοξόται προεπορεύοντο τῆσ δυνάμεωσ, καὶ οἱ πρωταγωνισταὶ πάντεσ οἱ δυνατοί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:11)

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

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