Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στηλίτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: στηλίτης στηλίτες

Structure: στηλιτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or like a sth/lh
  2. inscribed on a sth/lh, posted or placarded as infamous

Examples

  • "καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἴσωσ μέτριον καίτοι ὁ Μίδασ αὐτὸσ ἀράμενοσ τὸν σκίμποδα ἐφ’ οὗ ἐκεκόμιστο ᾤχετο εἰσ τὸν ἀγρὸν ἀπιών τοσοῦτον ἡ ἐπῳδὴ ἐδυνήθη καὶ ὁ στηλίτησ ἐκεῖνοσ λίθοσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 11:7)
  • ἅμα γὰρ τὸ αἴτιον καὶ οὗ αἴτιον, καὶ ἄνευ αἰτίου οὐθὲν ἔστιν, οἱο͂ν Λεωδάμασ ἀπολογούμενοσ ἔλεγε, κατηγορήσαντοσ Θρασυβούλου ὅτι ἦν στηλίτησ γεγονὼσ ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει, ἀλλ’ ἐκκέκοπται ἐπὶ τῶν τριάκοντα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 23 25:2)

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

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