Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρευμενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρευμενής πρευμενές

Structure: πρευμενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pra=os, me/nos

Sense

  1. gentle of mood, friendly, gracious, favourable
  2. propitiatory

Examples

  • πρευμενὴσ δ’ ἡμῖν γενοῦ λῦσαί τε πρύμνασ καὶ χαλινωτήρια νεῶν δὸσ ἡμῖν πρευμενοῦσ τ’ ἀπ’ Ἰλίου νόστου τυχόντασ πάντασ ἐσ πάτραν μολεῖν. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:14)
  • ἴδοιτο δῆτα πρευμενοῦσ ἀπ’ ὄμματοσ· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. gentle of mood

  2. propitiatory

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

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