ἐπίδοξος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[likely]], of persons, <b class="b3">ἐ. γενέσθαι ἐπιεικεῖς</b> [[likely]] to turn out well, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>143d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦτο</b> [[πείσεσθαι]] [[in danger]] of suffering... <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.12</span>; ἐ. ὢν πάσχειν <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.4.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὢν τυχεῖν</b> being [[expected]] to gain... <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.8</span>; [[τοὺς]] ἐ. γενήσεσθαι πονηρούς <span class="bibl">Id.20.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιδοξοτέρου ὄντος</b> (sc. [[αἱρεθῆναι]]) <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.32</span>: sometimes c. fut. part., ἐ. ἦσαν ἐμβαλοῦντες <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Agis</span>13</span>; of things, ἐ. ἡ ἀπόστασις παρασχίδων ὀστέων ἀπιέναι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>24</span>; [[ἐ]]. γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.89</span>; πρὸς οὓς ἐ. [ἐστι] πολεμεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1359b39</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὅσα . . κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν</b> (<b class="b3">-λαμβάνει</b> codd.) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. of repute, [[glorious]], κῦδος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.46</span>; and in late Prose, as <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Si.</span>3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.13.83</span>, Plu.2.239d, etc. Adv. -ξως <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">1 Es.</span>9.45</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).117, 288 (Amorgos), <span class="bibl">Artem.2.30</span>.</span>