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ταπεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταπεινός

Structure: ταπειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. low, (of place) low-lying
  2. (of persons) humbled, abased in power, pride; submissive; small, poor, weak
  3. (of the spirits) downcast, dejected
  4. (in moral sense);, (bad) mean, base, abject
  5. (good) lowly, humble

Examples

  • Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰησοῦσ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Ναγὲβ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Γοσὸμ καὶ τὴν πεδινὴν καὶ τὴν πρὸσ δυσμαῖσ καὶ τὸ ὄροσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ τὰ πρὸσ τῷ ὄρει (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 11:16)
  • καὶ ἐξετάθη μέροσ τι τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ὄρη καί τινεσ ἐπὶ τὰ ταπεινά. καὶ ἤρχοντο ἀσφαλῶσ καὶ τεταγμένωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:40)
  • καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 112:6)
  • ὅτι ὑψηλὸσ Κύριοσ καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορᾷ καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν γινώσκει. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 137:6)
  • ἠτύχητο γὰρ δὴ τοῖσ Λακεδαιμονίοισ ἥ τε περὶ Λεῦκτρα μάχη καὶ πολλαὶ μετ’ ἐκείνην ἕτεραι, καὶ τὰ μὲν Θηβαίων πράγματα ἤνθει τε καὶ εἰσ μέγεθοσ ἀρχῆσ προεληλύθει, τὰ δὲ τῆσ Σπάρτησ ταπεινὰ καὶ ἀνάξια τῆσ ἀρχαίασ ἡγεμονίασ γεγόνει. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 92)

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