ἐπικήκκαρος

A. subject to death, perishable, mortal, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1 (Sup.), Arist. GA 753a7 (Comp.); φθαρτή τε καὶ ἐ. [φύσις] Id. Mu. 392a34; βίος Call. Epigr. 59; τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἐ. Pl. Ax. 367b; τὸ θνητὸν καὶ ἐ. Phld. Mort. 38, etc.

b. . of plants, delicate, Thphr. HP 6.7.3,7.5.1.

2. . subject to disaster, hazardous, ἐ. πρᾶγμα ἡ περίφρασις Longin. 29.1; κοινωνία Plot. 4.4.18: Sup. ‐ότατος Hsch. Adv., τῆς φιλοσοφίας ‐ρως διακειμένης Isoc. 11.49.