Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἤπιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἤπιος ἤπιη ἤπιον

Structure: ἠπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gentle, mild, kind
  2. kindly feelings, a milder mood
  3. soothing, assuaging
  4. favourable

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ καλέουσι γέροντα, οὕνεκα νημερτήσ τε καὶ ἤπιοσ, οὐδὲ θεμιστέων λήθεται, ἀλλὰ δίκαια καὶ ἤπια δήνεα οἶδεν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 27:2)
  • "ὁ γοῦν Ἀσκληπιὸσ αὐτὸσ καὶ οἱ παῖδεσ αὐτοῦ ἤπια φάρμακα πάσσοντεσ ἐθεράπευον τοὺσ νοσοῦντασ, οὐ λεοντᾶσ καὶ μυγαλᾶσ περιάπτοντεσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 10:5)
  • τοὺσ γὰρ δοιοὺσ πίθουσ, ὦ φίλε, οὓσ Ὅμηροσ ἔφη κηρῶν ἐμπλείουσ ἐν οὐρανῷ κεῖσθαι, τὸν μὲν ἀγαθῶν τὸν δὲ φαύλων, οὐχ ὁ Ζεὺσ ταμιεύων κάθηται, καὶ μεθιεὶσ τοῖσ μὲν ἤπια καὶ μεμιγμένα τοῖσ δ’ ἄκρατα ῥεύματα τῶν κακῶν· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 4 5:1)
  • ἤπια φάρμακα δούσ, τὸν δὲ κακαῖσ νούσοισι κυκώμενον ἀργαλέαισ τε ἁψάμενοσ χειροῖν αἶψα τίθησ’ ὑγιῆ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 111)
  • θεῶν δ’ ἐποπίζεο μῆνιν βάξιν τ’ ἀνθρώπων ἤπια νωσάμενοσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389770)

Synonyms

  1. gentle

  2. favourable

Related

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

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