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ἔκπτωτος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: ἔκπτωτος Medium diacritics: ἔκπτωτος Low diacritics: έκπτωτος Capitals: ΕΚΠΤΩΤΟΣ
Transliteration A: ékptōtos Transliteration B: ekptōtos Transliteration C: ekptotos Beta Code: e)/kptwtos

English (LSJ)

ἔκπτωτον, abject, Paul.Al.O.1; banished, Vett. Val.86.14,al.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
1 caído en desgracia, desgraciado Vett.Val.82.16, 98.9, 420.27, οἱ πρότερον ἠτιμωμένοι καὶ ἔκπτωτοι Chrys.M.49.407
c. gen. expulsado, excluido τοῦ μακαρισμοῦ Anon.Hier.Luc.31.97
subst. ὁ ἐ. el caído, el pecador Thdt.Anc.Hom.72.11 (p.79.5).
2 despreciable πατὴρ ... ἄδοξος ἢ ... ἐ. Paul.Al.58.15, cf. 71.7.

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (AM ἔκπτωτος, -ον)
μσν.- νεοελλ.
αυτός από τον οποίο αφαιρέθηκε η εξουσία, το αξίωμα («ἐκπτωτος βασιλιάς», «έκπτωτος αρχιερεύς»)
νεοελλ.
«έκπτωτος εργολάβος» — αυτός που έχασε τα δικαιώματά του γιατί δεν εκτέλεσε επαρκώς τους όρους της συμβάσεως
αρχ.
1. αυτός που ξέπεσε στα μάτια τών άλλων, ανυπόληπτος
2. εξόριστος.