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ταπεινόφρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταπεινόφρων ταπεινόφρονος

Structure: ταπεινοφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. lowly in mind

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἡ τύχη δύναται νόσῳ περιβαλεῖν, ἀφελέσθαι χρήματα, διαβαλεῖν πρὸσ δῆμον ἢ τύραννον κακὸν δὲ καὶ δειλὸν καὶ ταπεινόφρονα καὶ ἀγεννῆ καὶ φθονερὸν οὐ δύναται ποιῆσαι τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἀνδρώδη καὶ μεγαλόψυχον οὐδὲ παρελέσθαι τὴν διάθεσιν, ἧσ ἀεὶ παρούσησ πλέον ἢ κυβερνήτου πρὸσ θάλατταν ὄφελόσ ἐστι πρὸσ τὸν βίον. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 17 3:1)

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

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