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βαρύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαρύς βαρεῖα βαρύ

Structure: βαρυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: poet. gen. pl. fem. barew=n for bareiw=n

Sense

  1. heavy, burdensome, oppressive
  2. weighty
  3. deep, hollow, loud (voice)
  4. grievous, troublesome, painful
  5. unwholesome
  6. hard, cruel
  7. strong, mighty

Examples

  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖ ἵππον καὶ ἅρμα καὶ δύναμιν βαρεῖαν, καὶ ἦλθον νυκτὸσ καὶ περιεκύκλωσαν τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 6:14)
  • σὺ δὲ βαρεῖαν κάτε‐ χε μῆτιν. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 2:2)
  • τρέσσαν δ’ Ἀθαναίων ἠϊθέων < πᾶν > γένοσ, ἐπεὶ ἡρ́ωσ θόρεν πόντονδε, κα‐ τὰ λειρίων τ’ ὀμμάτων δά‐ κρυ χέον, βαρεῖαν ἐπιδέγμενοι ἀνάγκαν· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 5:3)
  • οὔτισ τήν γε φιλεῖ βροτόσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ ἀθανάτων βουλῇσιν Ἔριν τιμῶσι βαρεῖαν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 4:5)
  • τί παθὼν οὖν τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν, αὐχμηρόσ, ἄθλιοσ,^ καὶ σκαπανεὺσ καὶ μισθωτόσ, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, οὕτω βαρεῖαν καταφέρων τὴν δίκελλαν; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 7:10)

Synonyms

  1. heavy

  2. weighty

  3. deep

  4. grievous

  5. hard

  6. strong

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