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ἐπιτερπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτερπής ἐπιτερπές

Structure: ἐπιτερπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/rpw

Sense

  1. pleasing, delightful
  2. devoted to pleasure

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ αὖ τὸ πρέπον εἶδοσ καὶ τὴν ἀξίαν μορφὴν τῆσ θεοῦ φύσεωσ ἐδημιούργησασ, ὕλῃ τε ἐπιτερπεῖ χρησάμενοσ, ἀνδρόσ τε μορφὴν ὑπερφυᾶ τὸ κάλλοσ καὶ τὸ μέγεθοσ δείξασ, πλὴν ἀνδρὸσ καὶ τἄλλα ποιήσασὡσ ἐποίησασ, σκοπῶμεν τὰ νῦν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 67:4)

Synonyms

  1. pleasing

  2. devoted to pleasure

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

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