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ἐπακτός

ἐπακτός, brought in, imported

ἐπακ-τός, όν, or ή, όν (cf. III infr.), (ἐπάγω)
  • brought in, ὕδατα Hp. Aër. 9; esp. brought in from abroad, imported, ἐ. σῖτος Th. 6.20; πάντων ἐπακτῶν δεῖσθαι Id. 7.28; acquired, τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη μὲν . . σύντροφός ἐστι, ἀρετὴ δὲ ἐ. Hdt. 7.102; ὕδωρ εἴτʼ ἐ. εἴτε συμφυές Arist. Mete. 382b11, cf. GA 750a9; ἐ. πημονή E. Hipp. 318; κακόν Philem. 93.5; ἐ. παρʼ ἄλλων δίκαιον Pl. R. 405b; ὅρκος ἐ. an oath imposed by the other party, Lys. Fr. 251S., Isoc. 1.23; adventitious, ἐ. χρώμασι κοσμεῖσθαι Socr. Ep. 6.3, cf. Plot. 1.4.3.
      • 2 of persons, ἐ. ποιμήν an alien lord, Pi. O. 10(11).89; ἐ. δικασταί dub. in IG ΙΙ(4).1065b20 (Delos); ἱκέσιος ἐ. Notiz.Arch. 4p.98 (Cyrene); esp. of foreign allies or mercenaries, ἐ. στράτευμα, στρατός, A. Th. 583, S. Tr. 259; δόρυ Id. OC 1525; ἐπακτῷ δυνάμει with an alien, mercenary force, Isoc. 10.37, cf. Pl. R. 573b; also λαβὼν ἐπακτὸν ἄνδρα, i.e. an adulterer, S. Aj. 1296; ἐ. πατήρ a false father, E. Ion 592: metaph., ὄμβρος ἐ. ἐλθών rain coming as an invader, Pi. P. 6.10.
    • II like αὐθαίρετος, brought upon oneself, νόσος S. Tr. 491; γάμων ἐ. ἄταν E. Ph. 343 (lyr.).
    • III ἐπακταί (sc. ἡμέραι), αἱ, intercalary days, Isid. Etym. 6.17.29, Zonar.
    • IV ἐπακτόν, τό, charm, spell, GDI 3545 (Cnidus).
    • V ἐ. ὅρκος oath administered, PMon. 6.8 (vi A.D.).

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