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πολυπενθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυπενθής πολυπενθές

Structure: πολυπενθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pe/nqos

Sense

  1. much-mourning, exceeding mournful

Examples

  • καὶ σύ, γέρον πολυπενθέσ, ἐπεί σέ μοι ἤγαγε δαίμων, μήτε τί μοι ψεύδεσσι χαρίζεο μήτε τι θέλγε· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 28:14)

Synonyms

  1. much-mourning

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

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