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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

  • τὰσ γὰρ ἄλλασ τέχνασ εἰκόσ ἐστι πρὸσ ἐργασίαν ἢ δόξαν συνισταμένασ ἐν ταῖσ ἀδόξοισ καὶ ταπειναῖσ πόλεσιν ἀπομαραίνεσθαι, τὴν δ’ ἀρετὴν, ὥσπερ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ διαρκὲσ φυτὸν, ἐν ἅπαντι ῥιζοῦσθαι τόπῳ, φύσεώσ τε χρηστῆσ καὶ φιλοπόνου ψυχῆσ ἐπιλαμβανομένην. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 1 3:1)
  • ἐν δὲ ταῖσ αἰσχραῖσ καὶ ταπειναῖσ καὶ ἀδόξοισ διακονίαισ ἀπόχρησαι πάτησον, οὐδὲν ἡγεῖται δεινὸν οὐδ’ ὑβριστικόν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 23 8:1)

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