Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μετριοπαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μετριοπαθής μετριοπαθές

Structure: μετριοπαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pa/qos

Sense

  1. moderating one's passions

Examples

  • ἔφη δὲ τὸν σοφὸν ἀπαθῆ μὲν μὴ εἶναι, μετριοπαθῆ δέ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 30:3)

Synonyms

  1. moderating one's passions

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

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