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ποθεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποθεινός ποθεινή ποθεινόν

Structure: ποθειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poqe/w

Sense

  1. longed for, desired, much desired, of regret

Examples

  • ποθεινὰ δάκρυα παρὰ φίλαισι παρθένοισ λιποῦσ’ ἄπειμι πατρίδοσ ἀποπρὸ γαίασ ἀπαρθένευτ’ ἀλωμένα. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 1:1)
  • ὄφρα Μηδείασ τοκέων ἀφέλοιτ’ αἰδῶ, ποθεινὰ δ’ Ἑλλὰσ αὐτὰν ἐν φρασὶ καιομέναν δονέοι μάστιγι Πειθοῦσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 67:1)

Synonyms

  1. longed for

Related

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

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