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χαλεπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλεπός χαλεπή χαλεπόν

Structure: χαλεπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. difficult, hard
  2. hard to bear, painful, grievous
  3. cruel, harsh, stern
  4. savage, fierce

Examples

  • ὧν χάριν περιέσχεν αὐτοὺσ χαλεπὴ περίστασισ, καὶ ὧν ἐζήλουν τὰσ ἀγωγὰσ καὶ καθάπαν ἤθελον ἐξομοιοῦσθαι, τούτουσ πολεμίουσ καὶ τιμωρητὰσ ἔσχον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:16)
  • χαλεπὴ δὲ καὶ τοῖσ ὅλοισ ἦν καὶ δυσχερὴσ ἡ ἐπίτασισ τῆσ κακίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:3)
  • πῶσ οὖν οὐ χαλεπὴ καὶ οὕτωσ ἡ κρίσισ; (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 8:6)
  • οὕτω χαλεπή τέ ἐστιν καὶ δριμεῖα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 9 3:2)
  • ἐπὴν δ’ εἰσ ἄκρον ἵκηται, ῥηιδίη δὴ ἔπειτα πέλει, χαλεπή περ ἐοῦσα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 35:6)

Synonyms

  1. difficult

  2. hard to bear

  3. cruel

  4. savage

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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