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λυπηρός

λυπηρός, painful, distressing

λῡπ-ηρός, ά, όν,
    • I of things, painful, distressing, Hdt. 5.106, S. El. 553; τί σοι τοῦτʼ ἐστὶ λ. κλύειν; Id. OC 1176; τἀν δόμοισι λ. E. Ion 623, etc.; ἀζημίους μέν, λ. δὲ ἀχθηδόνας causing pain, Th. 2.37; τὰ λ. X. Hier. 1.8, cf. Men. 555.3; βίος -ότερος Pl. Lg. 733b; τὸ λ. Id. R. 585a; opp. τὸ ἡδύ, Antipho Soph. 49.
    • II of persons,
      • 1 causing sorrow, λυπηρὸς ἡμῖν τούσδʼ ἂν ἐκλίποι δόμους E. Hipp. 796.
      • 2 causing pain, troublesome, λ. κλύειν S. El. 557; λ. οὐκ ἦν οὐδʼ ἐπίφθονος πόλει E. Supp. 893, cf. Ar. Ach. 456, Th. 1.76, etc.; of those who are objects of jealousy and envy, Id. 6.16, cf. 2.64.
    • III of persons, sad, = ἄθυμος, Hsch., cf. LXX Pr. 17.22.
    • IV Adv. -ρῶς painfully, so as to cause pain, S. Ph. 912; λ. δʼ ἔχει, εἰ . . it is painful that . ., Id. El. 767, cf. E. Ba. 1263.
      • 2 with pain, so as to feel or show pain, λ. φέρειν τι Isoc. 9.54, cf. Arist. EN 1110b12.

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