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ἐκπρεπ-ής , ές,
A.distinguished out of all, pre-eminent, remarkable,ἐν πολλοῖσιIl.2.483 ; μία . [νίκα] Pi.P.7.12 ; “μεγέθει ἐκπρεπεστάταA.Pers.184 ; εὐγένειαν ἐκπρεπεῖς ib. 442 ; “εἶδος ἐκπρεπεστάτηE.Alc.333 ; ῥόδα..τιθήνημ<*> ἔαρος -έστατον Chaerem.13 ; “. φύσινNausicr.2.6 ; “κότταβος..ἐκπρεπὲς ἔργονCritias 2.1 ; “. [ἰδέα]Pl.Phdr.238a ; -“έστερα ζῷαArist.Phgn.810a8. Adv. -πῶς splendidly,κεκόσμηταιPlb.5.59.8 : poet. -έως IG3.121 : Comp. -έστερον more conspicuously, D.C.44.40.
II. of things, = ἔξω τοῦ πρέποντος, extraordinary,οὐδὲν -έστερον παθεῖνTh.3.55. Adv. -“πῶςwithout reasonable grounds, Id.1.38 : Sup. -“έστατα τιμωρῆσαιX.Smp.8.31.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 184
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 442
    • Euripides, Alcestis, 333
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 238a
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.38
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.55
    • Xenophon, Symposium, 8.31
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.483
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.59.8
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 44.40
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