ἐπίθετον

A. additional, φυλαί D.H. 3.71; esp. at Athens, opp. πάτριος, relatively modern, ἑορταί Isoc. 7.29; τὰ ἐ., opp. τὰ πάτρια, the acquired powers of the Areopagus, Lys. Fr. 178 S., cf. Arist. Ath. 25.2, 3.3; so ἐ. ἐξουσία usurped authority, Plu. Cleom. 10: generally, adventitious, τὰ μὲν τῶν νόμων ἐπίθετα, τὰ δὲ τῆς φύσεως ἀναγκαῖα Antipho Soph. Oxy. 1364.25; ἐπιθυμίαι, opp. κοιναί, Arist. EN 1118b9; ἐ. τῇ φύσει κακά Men. 534.13.

2. . fictitious, Thphr. HP 9.8.8; opp. ἀληθινός, D.H. 4.70, cf. 68.

3. . of letters, entrusted for conveyance, Lys. Fr. 116S.

II. . ἐ. [ὄνομα] adjectival, D.T. 636.9, cf. Plu. Cor. 11.

III. . Subst. ἐπίθετον, τό, epithet, Arist. Rh. 1406a19, D.H. Comp. 5, A.D. Synt. 41.15; adjective, ib.81.24 (so Adv. ‐τως, λέγειν indicate by epithets, Str. 1.2.29, al.).

2. . = ἐπίθημα 5, Aret. CA 1.1.

3. . ἐπίθετος,ὁ, a throw of the dice, Eub. 57.4.