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ἱλαρότης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱλαρότης ἱλαρότες

Structure: ἱλαροτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from i(laro/s

Sense

  1. cheerfulness

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ ἱλαρότησ καὶ τὸ εὔθυμον ἐν ἅπαντι καιρῷ καὶ παιγνιῶδεσ, ἀχθεινὸν δὲ καὶ τραχὺ μηδέποτε μήτε φωνῇ μήτε ὄψει, τῶν καλῶν καὶ ὡραίων ἐρασμιώτερον αὐτὸν ἄχρι γήρωσ παρεῖχεν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 2 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. cheerfulness

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

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