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ὑποτελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποτελής ὑποτελές

Structure: ὑποτελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/los IV

Sense

  1. subject to pay taxes, taxable, tributary
  2. receiving as payment

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ μαχιμώτατοί εἰσιν ἐσ τοῦτο ἔτι καὶ τοῖσ Τραπεζουντίοισ ἐχθρότατοι, καὶ χωρία ὀχυρὰ οἰκοῦσιν, ἔθνοσ ἀβασίλευτον καὶ πάλαι μὲν καὶ φόρου ὑποτελὲσ Ῥωμαίοισ, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ λῃστεύειν οὐκ ἀκριβοῦσιν τὴν ἀποφοράν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 11 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. receiving as payment

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

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