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λυπηρόςlupēros
distressing
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1. of things, painful, distressing , Lat. molestus, (Herdotus Historicus), attic
2. of persons,
3. in good sense, causing sorrow by one's departure, (Euripides)
4. in bad sense, causing pain, troublesome, vexatious, offensive , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
5. adverb λυπηρῶς, painfully, so as to cause pain , (Sophocles Tragicus); λυπηρῶς ἔχει it is painful , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
2. of persons,
3. in good sense, causing sorrow by one's departure, (Euripides)
4. in bad sense, causing pain, troublesome, vexatious, offensive , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
5. adverb λυπηρῶς, painfully, so as to cause pain , (Sophocles Tragicus); λυπηρῶς ἔχει it is painful , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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λυπηρός, ά, όν,
I of things, painful, distressing, Hdt. 5.106, S. El. 553; τί σοι τοῦτ’ 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 τούσδ’ ἂν ἐκλίποι δόμους E. Hipp. 796.
2 causing pain, troublesome, λ. κλύειν S. El. 557; λ. οὐκ ἦν οὐδ’ 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. δ’ 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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