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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

  • ἦν δὲ ἡ τούτου θεωρία τοιάδε. Ὀνίαν τὸν γενόμενον ἀρχιερέα ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθόν, αἰδήμονα μὲν τὴν ἀπάντησιν, πρᾷον δὲ τὸν τρόπον καὶ λαλιὰν προϊέμενον πρεπόντωσ καὶ ἐκ παιδὸσ ἐκμεμελητηκότα πάντα τὰ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ οἰκεῖα, τοῦτον τὰσ χεῖρασ προτείναντα κατεύχεσθαι τῷ παντὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων συστήματι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:12)
  • "ὦ παῖ, εὐλάβεια καὶ τὸ πρᾶον καὶ φιλάνθρωπον ἀπώλεσε μεθ’ ἡμῶν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 20 4:2)
  • καὶ πολιτεύματα, συνεξορμῶν πρὸσ τὰ καλὰ καὶ συνεπιλαμπρύνων τὸ φρόνημα καὶ παρέχων, ὥσπερ οἱ διδάσκοντεσ ἱππεύειν, ἐν ἀρχῇ χειροήθη καὶ πρᾶον ἐπιβῆναι τὸν δῆμον· (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 23 1:1)
  • καὶ πολλοὺσ μὲν ἀνῄρει δι’ ὀργήν, πλείονασ δὲ φοβούμενοσ, ἡ γὰρ δειλία φονικώτατόν ἐστιν ἐν ταῖσ τυραννίσιν, ἵλεων δὲ καὶ πρᾶον καὶ ἀνύποπτον ἡ θαρραλεότησ. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 25 3:2)
  • ἀλλὰ τῆσ μὲν Ἀρετῆσ πρᾶόν τε τὸ βάδισμα καὶ τὸ βλέμμα καθεστηκόσ, παρέχει δέ τι καὶ τῷ προσώπῳ πρὸσ τὴν ἅμιλλαν ἐρύθημα τῆσ φιλοτιμίασ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 32)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. tame

  3. mild

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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