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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

  • τοιοῦτόσ τισ ἦν ὁ τρόποσ τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ αὐτοῦ, πρᾶοσ καὶ ἥμεροσ καὶ φαιδρόσ· (Lucian, (no name) 9:3)
  • ὁ θὴρ δ’ ὅδ’ ἡμῖν πρᾶοσ οὐδ’ ὑπέσπασεν φυγῇ πόδ’, ἀλλ’ ἔδωκεν οὐκ ἄκων χέρασ οὐδ’ ὠχρόσ, οὐδ’ ἤλλαξεν οἰνωπὸν γένυν, γελῶν δὲ καὶ δεῖν κἀπάγειν ἐφίετο ἔμενέ τε, τοὐμὸν εὐτρεπὲσ ποιούμενοσ. (Euripides, episode2)
  • "ὁ δ’ ἵλεωσ καὶ πρᾶοσ, οὐ τρέσασ οὐδὲ διαφθείρασ οὔτε χρώματοσ οὐδὲν οὔτε σχήματοσ μάλ’ εὐκόλωσ ἐξέπιεν, ἀποθνῄσκοντα δ’ αὐτὸν ἐμακάριζον οἱ ζῶντεσ, ὡσ οὐδ’ ἐν Αἵδου θείασ ἄνευ μοίρασ ἐσόμενον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 2:10)
  • "οὐχὶ καὶ Σωκράτει ταύτην προύπιεσ, ὁ δ’ ἵλεωσ καὶ πρᾶοσ, οὐ τρέσασ οὐδὲ διαφθείρασ οὔτε χρώματοσ οὐδὲν οὔτε σχήματοσ μάλ’ εὐκόλωσ ἐξέπιεν; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 6:6)
  • κἂν ἡ Φιλοσοφία δὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ ἐπικλασθεῖσα ‐ φύσει γὰρ ἥμεροσ καὶ πρᾶόσ ἐστιν ‐ ἀφεῖναι διαβουλεύηται αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὰ ἐμὰ ἐνδεήσει· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 24:2)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. tame

  3. mild

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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