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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

  • ἐλθόντα δή φησιν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆσ ἀποδημίασ ταπεινότατα διάγειν, ἅτε πᾶσαν τὴν οὐσίαν καταναλωκότα· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. z'. DHMOKRITOS 6:1)

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