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ἀντιπενθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντιπενθής ἀντιπενθές

Structure: ἀντιπενθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pe/nqos

Sense

  1. causing grief in turn

Examples

  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἄτιμοσ ἁ τάλαινα βαρύκοτοσ ἐν γᾷ τᾷδε, φεῦ, ἰὸν ἰὸν ἀντιπενθῆ μεθεῖσα καρδίασ, σταλαγμὸν χθονὶ ἄφορον· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 12)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἄτιμοσ ἁ τάλαινα βαρύκοτοσ ἐν γᾷ τᾷδε, φεῦ, ἰὸν ἰὸν ἀντιπενθῆ μεθεῖσα καρδίασ, σταλαγμὸν χθονὶ ἄφορον· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. causing grief in turn

Similar forms

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

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