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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἀπηρνεῖτο τὴν ἐπιστήμην, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὐναντίον ἐκαυχᾶτο, διὰ τῆσ ἰδίασ ἀρετῆσ ἀποφαινόμενοσ ἀντὶ τοῦ ταπεινοτάτου βίου τὸν ἐπιφανέστατον μετειληφέναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 63 4:2)
  • ᾗ καὶ τότε βραδεῖαν συνέβαινε γίνεσθαι τὴν κομιδὴν τῶν δυνάμεων, ἅτε καταγόμων μὲν ὄντων τῶν πλοίων, ταπεινοτάτου δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τελέωσ βραχύ τι συνεργούσησ τῆσ τοῦ ῥεύματοσ βίασ πρὸσ τὸν πλοῦν. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, viii. res asiae 6:1)

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