characteristic, τῆς Λυσίου λέξεως D.H. Lys. 11 (Sup.); λόγου Δημοσθενικοῦ μηνύματα χ. Id. Dem. 34, al.; τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς ὕλης, S.E. P. 3.173, Dam. Pr. 36; τοῦ ἁπλῶς βαρέος, κούφου, Simp. in Cael. 713.24; τὸ χ. A.D. Synt. 103.17, cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.31H. Adv. -κῶς Eust. 1167.59.—The form χαρακτηρικός is found in Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.7, in codd. of D.H. Dem. 39, 51, and is v.l. in Id. Lys. l.c. Adv. χαρακτηρικῶς Phld. Rh. 2.297S.
The corpus record
χαρακτηρ-ιστικός
charakteristikos
characteristic
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What it meant — LSJ
characteristic
Where it came from
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