About Report a problem

Menu

ταπεινός

ταπεινός, low

τᾰπεινός, ή, όν,
  • low:
      • 1 of Place, low-lying, χώρη Hdt. 4.191, cf. Arist. Mete. 352b32 (Comp.); νῆσος D.S. 3.21; ταπεινὰ νέμεσθαι to live in low regions, Pi. N. 3.82; τ. ἕζεσθαι E. Or. 1411 (lyr.); ἡ μαῖα καθεζέσθω -οτέρα Sor. 1.70a, cf. 2.61; of stature or size, low, ὀστᾶ X. Eq. 1.4; τροχοί ib. 10.6; of position in the body, τὰ τ. τοῦ θώρακος Gal. 15.531; of a river, low, opp. μέγας, Plb. 9.43.3; of stars, low, i.e. near the horizon, Cleom. 1.5, al.; but also, near the earth, Id. 2.5; of the sun, opp. ὑψηλός, Diog.Oen. 8; λοξὸς καὶ τ. Gal. 15.87.
      • 2 of persons, humbled, abased in power, pride, etc., Hdt. 7.14; σὺ δʼ οὐδέπω τ. A. Pr. 322, cf. 908; τ. παρέχειν τινά X. An. 2.5.13; τά τοι μέγιστα πολλάκις θεὸς ταπείνʼ ἔθηκε E. Fr. 716, cf. Hec. 245, Andr. 979; submissive, X. Hier. 5.4 (Comp.), etc.; αἱ τ. τῶν πόλεων small, poor, weak, Isoc. 4.95, cf. 7.7, X. Cyr. 7.5.69 (Sup.); τ. δύναμις D. 4.23; of low intelligence, αἱ τῶν ἀσυνέτων καὶ τ. ἀνθρώπων ψυχαί Gal. 19.220; τὴν μικρὰν καὶ τ. [ἰατρικὴν θεωρίαν] ὁ Ἱπποκράτης ηὔξησεν Id. 16.550. Adv., ταπεινῶς (or ταπεινὰ) πράττειν to be in low estate or obscurity, Isoc. 5.64, Plu. Thes. 6; -νῶς ζῆν Philem. 227; ὁμιλεῖν Arist. Pol. 1313b41.
      • 3 of the spirits, downcast, dejected, διάνοια Th. 2.61; τ. καὶ ἔρημοι συνεκάθηντο X. HG 2.4.23, cf. 6.4.16.
      • 4 in moral sense, either bad, mean, base, abject, τ. καὶ ἀνελεύθερος Pl. Lg. 791d, cf. X. Mem. 3.10.5, Isoc. 2.34, etc.; or good, lowly, humble, Pl. Lg. 716a, X. Cyr. 5.1.5, freq. in NT, Ev.Matt. 11.29, 2 Ep.Cor. 7.6, al.
      • 5 of things, mean, low, poor, τ. καὶ ἄπορος δίαιτα Pl. Lg. 762e, cf. Phld. Oec. p.48 J.: Sup., -οτάτη περίστασις Id. Vit. p.26 J.; θεωρία -οτέρα, opp. τιμιωτέρα, Arist. PA 639a1; of style, low, poor, τ. λέξις, opp. κεκοσμημένη, Id. Rh. 1404b6. Adv., -νῶς λέγειν in a submissive manner, ib. 1408a19.

Saved

Recent