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ἐλεεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεεινός ἐλεεινή ἐλεεινόν

Structure: ἐλεειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/leos

Sense

  1. finding pity, pitied or moving pity, pitiable, piteous, piteous, piteous
  2. shewing pity, pitying, of pity, feeling of pity
  3. pitiably

Examples

  • ὅδε μὲν δὴ ὁ μῦθοσ, οὐ παιδίῳ πλασθείσ, ὡσ ἂν ἧττον ᾖ θρασὺ καὶ ἀκόλαστον, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ μείζω καὶ τελειοτέραν ἀφροσύνην ἔχουσιν, ὑφ’ ἡμῶν δεῦρο μετενεχθεὶσ τάχ’ ἂν ἱκανῶσ ἐπιδεῖξαι δύναιτο ὁποῖόν ἐστι τὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν γένοσ, ὅτι ἄλογοι οὖσαι καὶ θηριώδεισ, ἔπειτα ἡδονήν τινα παραδεικνύουσαι, προσαγόμεναι τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ ἀπάτῃ καὶ γοητείᾳ, διαφθείρουσιν οἴκτιστα καὶ ἐλεεινότατα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. finding pity

  2. pitiably

Related

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

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