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λυπηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυπηρός λυπηρή λυπηρόν

Structure: λυπηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lupe/w

Sense

  1. painful, distressing
  2. causing sorrow
  3. causing pain, troublesome, vexatious, offensive
  4. painfully, so as to cause pain, painful

Examples

  • Αἴδεω λυπηρὲ διήκονε, τοῦτ’ Ἀχέροντοσ ὕδωρ ὃσ πλώεισ πορθμίδι κυανέῃ, δέξαι μ’, εἰ καί σοι μέγα βρίθεται ὀκρυόεσσα βᾶρισ ἀποφθιμένων, τὸν κύνα Διογένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 671)

Synonyms

  1. painful

  2. causing sorrow

  3. causing pain

  4. painfully

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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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