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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

  • καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν τότε οἱ πλάσσοντεσ καὶ γλύφοντεσ πάντεσ μάταιοι οἱ ποιοῦντεσ τὰ καταθύμια αὐτῶν, ἃ οὐκ ὠφελήσει αὐτούσ. ἀλλὰ αἰσχυνθήσονται (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:9)
  • Οὔτι μάλ’ ἀνθρώποισ καταθύμια πάντα τελεῖται· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389343)
  • λέγω δὲ ὦν ὅτι Μαρδονίῳ τε καὶ τῇ στρατιῇ τὰ σφάγια οὐ δύναται καταθύμια γενέσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 45 3:2)

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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