ε459Ἐκλεκτός
chosen, selected
With acute accent on the last syllable; but e)pi/lektos has acute accent on the antepenultimate. [This is] because the former is derived from the verb, the latter from the noun. Solomon says: "the hand of the chosen…
Ἐκλεκτός· ὀξυτόνως· ἐπίλεκτος δὲ προπαροξυτόνως. διότι τὸ μὲν ἐκ τοῦ ῥήματος, τὸ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὀνόματος συντέθειται. ὁ δὲ Σολομῶν φησι· χεὶρ ἐκλεκτῶν κρατήσει εὐχερῶς. τὸ μὲν γὰρ…