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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

  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον ἄλλοσ τισ ἔστω ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὁ ἥδιστοσ, ὡσ ἐράσμιον εἶναί με περιθέμενον παισὶ τοῖσ ὡραίοισ καὶ γυναιξὶ καὶ δήμοισ ὅλοισ καὶ μηδένα εἶναι ἀνέραστον καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ ποθεινότατοσ ἐγὼ καὶ ἀνὰ στόμα, ὥστε πολλὰσ γυναῖκασ οὐ φερούσασ τὸν ἔρωτα καὶ ἀναρτᾶν ἑαυτὰσ καὶ τὰ μειράκια ἐπιμεμηνέναι μοι καὶ εὐδαίμονα εἶναι δοκεῖν, εἴ τινα καὶ μόνον προσβλέψαιμι αὐτῶν, εἰ δ̓ ὑπερορῴην, κἀκεῖνα ὑπὸ λύπησ ἀπολλύσθω, καὶ ὅλωσ ὑπὲρ τὸν Υἅκινθον ἢ Ὕλαν ἢ Φάωνα τὸν Χῖον εἶναί με. (Lucian, 73:1)

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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