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πραόνως

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πραόνως

Etym.: pra/|wn의 부사형

Sense

  1. temperately

Examples

  • λέγει δ’ ὡσ ὑβριστήσ εἰμι καὶ βίαιοσ καὶ λίαν ἀσελγῶσ διακείμενοσ, ὥσπερ εἰ φοβερῶσ ὀνομάσειε, μέλλων ἀληθῆ λέγειν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ, ἐὰν πάνυ πραόνωσ μηδὲ ψεύδηται, ταῦτα ποιήσων. (Lysias, Speeches, 20:1)
  • σὺ δὲ μὴ πρὸσ ὀργὴν Αἰσχύλ’ ἀλλὰ πρᾳόνωσ ἔλεγχ’ ἐλέγχου· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene18)

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

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