Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καταθύμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταθύμιος καταθύμιᾱ καταθύμιον

Structure: καταθυμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qumo/s

Sense

  1. in the mind or thoughts, heavy on thy heart
  2. according to one's mind, satisfactory

Examples

  • ἐπὶ τὸ κακὸν τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτῶν ἑτοιμάζουσιν. ὁ ἄρχων αἰτεῖ, καὶ ὁ κριτὴσ εἰρηνικοὺσ λόγουσ ἐλάλησε, καταθύμιον ψυχῆσ αὐτοῦ ἐστι. καὶ ἐξελοῦμαι τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 7:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐπίστῃ τοῦθ’ ἑρ́δειν ὅτι σοι μὴ καταθύμιον ᾖ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389613)
  • οὔτοι ἀνάγκη τοῦθ’ ἑρ́δειν ὅτι σοι μὴ καταθύμιον ᾖ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389733)
  • ἡ γραῦσ Εὐβούλη, ὅτε οἱ καταθύμιον ἦν τι, Φοίβου τὸν πρὸ ποδῶν μάντιν ἀείρε λίθον, χείρεσι πειράζουσα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2631)
  • οὐδὲν ἐφημερίοισ καταθύμιον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 283 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. in the mind or thoughts

  2. according to one's mind

Related

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

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