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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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην ῥᾴστην οὖσαν κατεῖδον καὶ διεκπαίσασ ἐπὶ τῷ ἄκρῳ ἐγενόμην ‐ ὑπῆρχε γάρ μοι, ὦ φίλη Ἀδράστεια, πάντα ἐκεῖνα ἃ προεῖπον ἐφόδια, τὸ θράσοσ, ἡ ἀμαθία, ἡ ἀναισχυντία ‐ πρῶτον μὲν οὐκέτι Ποθεινὸσ ὀνομάζομαι, ἀλλ’ ἤδη τοῖσ Διὸσ καὶ Λήδασ παισὶν ὁμώνυμοσ γεγένημαι. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:82)
  • καὶ μὴν ποθεινόσ γ’ ἦλθεσ ἐξ Ἄργουσ μολών. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 2:27)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ’ ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐκ δόμων θανὼν ποθεινόσ, τὰ δὲ γυναικὸσ ἀσθενῆ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 4:12)
  • ἀπολιπών μ’ ἀποίχεται, ἀγαθὸσ ποιητὴσ καὶ ποθεινὸσ τοῖσ φίλοισ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 3:27)
  • ὡσ ποθεινὸσ ἂν μόλοισ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue7)

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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