Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰπεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰπεινός

Structure: αἰπειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)pu/s

Sense

  1. high, lofty
  2. precipitate, hasty
  3. hard to win, difficult

Examples

  • νυκτί δ’ ἔπειτ’ ἄλληκτον ἐπιπροτέρωσε θέοντεσ Σήσαμον αἰπεινούσ τε παρεξενέοντ’ Ἐρυθίνουσ, Κρωβίαλον, Κρώμναν τε καὶ ὑλήεντα Κύτωρον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 15:30)

Synonyms

  1. high

  2. precipitate

  3. hard to win

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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