Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

πολυδάκρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυδάκρυτος πολυδάκρυτον

Structure: πολυδακρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. much wept or lamented
  2. very lamentable, tearful
  3. much-weeping

Examples

  • στένει δὲ καί τισ ἀμφὶ τὸν εὔροον Εὐρώταν Λάκαινα πολυδάκρυτοσ ἐν δόμοισ κόρα, πολιάν τ’ ἐπὶ κρᾶτα μάτηρ τέκνων θανόντων τίθεται χέρα δρύπτεται παρειάν, δίαιμον ὄνυχα τιθεμένα σπαραγμοῖσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, epode2)
  • πολυδάκρυτοσ δέ τοι ἔσται. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 56:15)

Synonyms

  1. much wept or lamented

  2. very lamentable

  3. much-weeping

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

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