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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

  • ἀναγκαῖον ἂν εἰή τὴν ἠθικὴν ἀρετὴν καθ’ αὑτὸν ἕκαστον μεσότητα εἶναι καὶ περὶ μέσ’ ἄττα ἐν ἡδοναῖσ καὶ λύπαισ καὶ ἡδέσι καὶ λυπηροῖσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 81:1)
  • ἀνάγκη τοίνυν, ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἀρετὴ μὲν ἡ ἠθικὴ αὐτή τε μεσότησ τίσ ἐστι καὶ περὶ ἡδονὰσ καὶ λύπασ πᾶσα, ἡ δὲ κακία ἐν ὑπερβολῇ καὶ ἐλλείψει καὶ περὶ ταὐτὰ τῇ ἀρετῇ, τὴν ἀρετὴν εἶναι τὴν ἠθικὴν ἕξιν προαιρετικὴν μεσότητοσ τῆσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἐν ἡδέσι καὶ λυπηροῖσ, καθ’ ὅσα ποῖόσ τισ λέγεται τὸ ἦθοσ, ἢ χαίρων ἢ λυπούμενοσ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 202:1)
  • τούτων δὲ ὑποκειμένων ἀνάγκη φίλον εἶναι τὸν συνηδόμενον τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ καὶ συναλγοῦντα τοῖσ λυπηροῖσ μὴ διά τι ἕτερον ἀλλὰ δι’ ἐκεῖνον· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 4 3:1)

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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