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ἑκτέος

ekteos

to be held

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What it meant

ἑκτέος · hekteos — LSJ

to be held

to be held, Ar. Ach. 259.

II one must have

ἑκτέον, one must have, χάριν τινί X. Mem. 3.11.2; πρόνοιαν Aen.Tact. Praef. 3; πλέον ἑ., = πλεονεκτητέον, Pl. Grg. 490c.

2 one must behave, comport oneself

one must behave, comport oneself, πρὸς τοὺς κινδύνους εὐρώστως Iamb. VP 30.173.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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