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πρᾶος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρᾶος

Structure: πρα (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: the declension varies between the two forms pra=os and pra_u/s - the attic sg. is from pra=os, except that the fem. is praei=a: poet. sg. from prau/+s

Sense

  1. soft, gentle
  2. tame
  3. mild

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥστε τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ ἤδη λίθουσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖν χεροῖν ἔχοντασ πράουσ αὐτῷ καὶ ἵλεωσ γενέσθαι αὐτίκα καὶ τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου ἀρξαμένουσ τιμᾶν καὶ αἰδεῖσθαι καὶ τὰ τελευταῖα θαυμάζειν, καίτοι εὐθὺσ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ λόγων τραχυτέρῳ ἐχρήσατο τῷ προοιμίῳ· (Lucian, (no name) 11:6)
  • φιλοσοφίᾳ δὲ πολλῶν λόγων καὶ καλῶν ἐνόντων, οὐδενὸσ ἧττον ἄξιοσ σπουδῆσ ὁ γαμήλιόσ ἐστιν οὗτοσ, ᾧ κατᾴδουσα τοὺσ ἐπὶ βίου κοινωνίᾳ συνιόντασ εἰσ ταὐτὸ πράουσ τε παρέχει καὶ χειροήθεισ ἀλλήλοισ. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 0 3:1)
  • "ἡμῶν οὐδὲ πρᾴουσ δεσπότασ ὑπέμενον. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 22 3:2)
  • ἐχρῆν γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τοὐναντίον ἢ νῦν ἅπαντασ τοὺσ πολιτευομένουσ ἐν μὲν ταῖσ ἐκκλησίαισ πράουσ καὶ φιλανθρώπουσ ὑμᾶσ ἐθίζειν εἶναι πρὸσ γὰρ ὑμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ συμμάχουσ ἐν ταύταισ ἐστὶ τὰ δίκαια, ἐν δὲ ταῖσ παρασκευαῖσ ταῖσ τοῦ πολέμου φοβεροὺσ καὶ χαλεποὺσ ἐπιδεικνύναι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 39:1)
  • οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπου δυσαρκτότερον εὖ πράσσειν δοκοῦντοσ, οὐδ’ αὖ πάλιν δεκτικώτερον ἐπιστασίασ συσταλέντοσ ὑπὸ τῆσ τύχησ, ὃ καὶ τότε Κυρηναίουσ νομοθετοῦντι Λουκούλλῳ πρᾴουσ παρέσχεν. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 2 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. tame

  3. mild

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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