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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ή̓πιος ἤπίᾱ ή̓πιον
Genitive ἠπίου ἤπίᾱς ἠπίου
Dative ἠπίῳ ἤπίᾱͅ ἠπίῳ
Accusative ή̓πιον ἤπίᾱν ή̓πιον
Vocative ή̓πιε ἤπίᾱ ή̓πιον
DualN/A/V ἠπίω ἤπίᾱ ἠπίω
G/D ἠπίοιν ἤπίαιν ἠπίοιν
PluralNominative ή̓πιοι ή̓́πιαι ή̓πια
Genitive ἠπίων ἤπιῶν ἠπίων
Dative ἠπίοις ἤπίαις ἠπίοις
Accusative ἠπίους ἤπίᾱς ή̓πια
Vocative ή̓πιοι ή̓́πιαι ή̓πια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ή̓πιος ἠπίου ἠπιότερος ἠπιοτέρου ἠπιότατος ἠπιοτάτου
Adverb ἠπίως ἠπιότερον ἠπιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μνησθεὶσ δὲ Ἀφροδίτησ καὶ γενέσεωσ ἐπράϋνε καὶ ἀνῆκεν αὑτόν, καὶ πολὺ τοῦ φωτὸσ ἀποσβέσασ εἰσ ἀέρα πυρώδη τρέπεται πυρὸσ ἠπίου. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 97:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἦ τοι σοὶ μὲν παρὰ καὶ κακῷ ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκε Ζεύσ, ἐπεὶ ἀνδρὸσ δώματ’ ἀφίκεο πολλὰ μογήσασ ἠπίου, ὃσ δή τοι παρέχει βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε ἐνδυκέωσ, ζώεισ δ’ ἀγαθὸν βίον· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 59:22)
  • τοίου γὰρ κλέοσ ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσαν ἡνιόχοιο ἠπίου, ὅσ σφωϊν μάλα πολλάκισ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον χαιτάων κατέχευε λοέσσασ ὕδατι λευκῷ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 26:11)
  • ἔπειθ’ ὥσπερ ἐν κολυμβήθρᾳ καὶ μάλα ἠπίου καὶ κεκραμένου ὕδατοσ ἐχρώμην διατριβῇ, ἐννέων τε καὶ ἀνακλύζων ἐμαυτὸν πάντη. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:9)

Synonyms

  1. gentle

  2. favourable

Related

Similar forms

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

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