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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

  • τόν τ’ ἰχθυόρρουν ποταμὸν Ὑπερείδην περᾷσ, ὃσ ἠπίαισ φωναῖσιν, ἔμφρονοσ λόγου κόμποισ παφλάζων, ὑπτίοισ πυκνώμασι πρὸσ πᾶν ἀπαντῶν κλῇθρ’ ὅταν λύσασ ἔχῃ, μισθωτὸσ ἄρδει πεδία τοῦ δεδωκότοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 27 2:5)

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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