Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φερέπονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φερέπονος φερέπονον

Structure: φερεπον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bringing toil and trouble

Examples

  • τὸ φρόνημα δ’ ἦν ἀεί, κἀν ταῖσ συμφοραῖσ, μέγασ καὶ φερέπονοσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16 6:21)
  • καὶ σώφρων ἐσ πολλὰ καὶ φερέπονοσ ὢν περὶ μόνασ ἡττᾶτο τὰσ τῶν γυναικῶν ἡδόνασ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16 6:30)

Synonyms

  1. bringing toil and trouble

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

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