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στοχαστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: στοχαστικός

Structure: στοχαστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. capable of hitting
  2. Acting based on guesswork

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ δ’ ἀρετὴ πάσησ τέχνησ ἀκριβεστέρα καὶ ἀμείνων ἐστὶν ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ φύσισ, τοῦ μέσου ἂν εἰή στοχαστική. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 60:1)
  • μεσότησ τισ ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετή, στοχαστική γε οὖσα τοῦ μέσου. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 63:2)
  • ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετὴ ἡ ἠθικὴ μεσότησ, καὶ πῶσ, καὶ ὅτι μεσότησ δύο κακιῶν, τῆσ μὲν καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν τῆσ δὲ κατ’ ἔλλειψιν, καὶ ὅτι τοιαύτη ἐστὶ διὰ τὸ στοχαστικὴ τοῦ μέσου εἶναι τοῦ ἐν τοῖσ πάθεσι καὶ ἐν ταῖσ πράξεσιν, ἱκανῶσ εἴρηται. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 105:1)

Synonyms

  1. capable of hitting

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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