ἐπαγγελτικός
From LSJ
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A given to promising, ἐπεκλήθη Δώσων ὡς ἐ. Plu.Aem.8; also [λόγος] πρὸς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐ. Phld.Rh.2.2.S., cf. Iamb.Myst.3.30. Adv. -κῶς Ath.Mech.15.9: Comp. -κώτερον, εἰπεῖν too professorially, Arist.Rh.1398b30. 2 promised, οὐ δύνασθαι τελεῖν τὸ ἐ. ἀργύριον SIG832.7 (Epist. Hadr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 893] ή, όν, versprechend, der immer verspricht, aber Nichts hält, Plut. Aem. Paul. 8; ἐπαγγελτικώτερον εἰπών, mehr versprechend, d. i. kecker, Arist rhet. 2, 23
