ἔμπρακτος
τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts
English (LSJ)
ον,
A within one's power to do, practicable, μαχανά Pi.P.3.62: Comp. -ότερος, κένωσις Philum. ap. Orib.45.29.5, cf. Sor.2.9; Χρόνος ἔ. εἰς πάντα propitious, Heph.Astr.2.30, cf. Vett.Val.205.32, al.; ἐ. ῥητορική working rhetoric, Phld.Rh.1.10S., al.; also of persons, active, ἀνὴρ τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἔ. D.S.13.102; τόλμαν ἔχειν ἔμπρακτον πρός τι ready for... ib.70; τὸ ἔ. vigour, of oratory, Longin.11.2. Adv. -τως actively, Plu.Sert.4; effectively, Phld.Lib.p.380., Archig. ap. Aët.12.1. b holding office, ἄρχοντες Cod.Just.1.2.24.1. 2 ἔ. ἡμέρα day on which legal business may be transacted, POxy.1882.14 (vi A.D.). II under bond to pay, = εἴσπρακτος, IG7.3171.54 (Orchom. Boeot.).
