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λιπαρής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιπαρής λιπαρές

Structure: λιπαρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.): the first syll. seems to be from li-, li/an.

Sense

  1. persisting or persevering, earnest, indefatigable
  2. earnest in begging or praying, importunate, instant in prayer, importunity
  3. earnestly, importunately

Examples

  • Οἱ μὲν δὴ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἐκ τούτων εἵλοντο σφίσι πρυτανεύειν, ἥπερ ἐστὶν ἀρχὴ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ μάλιστα αὐτοκράτωρ, καὶ ναυαρχεῖν Μνασέαν, ἔπεμπον δ’ ὅμωσ ἐσ τὸν Κάσσιον ἔτι πρεσβευτὴν Ἀρχέλαον, ὃσ ἐν Ῥόδῳ τὰ Ἑλληνικὰ διδάσκαλοσ γεγένητο τῷ Κασσίῳ, δεησόμενον ἤδη τόνδε τοῦ Κασσίου λιπαρέστερον· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 9 2:8)
  • Σόαιμοσ δὲ κατὰ μὲν τὰσ ἀρχὰσ πιστὸσ ἦν οὐδὲν ὧν Ἡρώδησ ἐνετέταλτο παριείσ, λόγοισ δὲ καὶ δωρεαῖσ λιπαρέστερον τῶν γυναικῶν ἐκθεραπευουσῶν αὐτὸν ἡττᾶτο κατὰ μικρὸν ἤδη καὶ τέλοσ ἐξεῖπεν ἁπάσασ τὰσ ἐντολὰσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, μάλιστα μὲν οὐδ’ ἐλπίσασ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ ὑποστρέψειν ἐξουσίασ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 247:1)

Synonyms

  1. earnestly

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

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