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Headword:
Epiphoros
Adler number: epsilon,2752
Translated headword: inclined
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] eager.
"Nor was he inclined toward injustice or greed, but recalcitrant and combative toward those in power."[1]
Greek Original:Epiphoros: hormêtikos. oude pros adikian ê pleonexian epiphoros ên, proskroustikos de kai hamillêtikos pros tous archontas.
Notes:
The headword adjective, masculine nominative singular, is presumably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. For this sense of it see LSJ s.v.
e)pi/foros, II.
[1]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr. 278 Zintzen (285 Asmus); quoted at greater length at
sigma 180.
Translated by: William Hutton on 13 February 2008@06:34:42.
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