λύπη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly̌ː.pɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈly.pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.pi/
Noun
λῡ́πη • (lū́pē) f (genitive λῡ́πης); first declension
- grief, sadness
- pain (of mind or body), suffering, affliction, distress
- Antonym: ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)
Declension
First declension of ἡ λῡ́πη; τῆς λῡ́πης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῡ́πη hē lū́pē | τὼ λῡ́πᾱ tṑ lū́pā | αἱ λῦπαι hai lûpai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λῡ́πης tês lū́pēs | τοῖν λῡ́παιν toîn lū́pain | τῶν λῡπῶν tôn lūpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λῡ́πῃ têi lū́pēi | τοῖν λῡ́παιν toîn lū́pain | ταῖς λῡ́παις taîs lū́pais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῡ́πην tḕn lū́pēn | τὼ λῡ́πᾱ tṑ lū́pā | τᾱ̀ς λῡ́πᾱς tā̀s lū́pās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῡ́πη lū́pē | λῡ́πᾱ lū́pā | λῦπαι lûpai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄλῡπος (álūpos)
- λυπέω (lupéō)
Descendants
- Greek: λύπη (lýpi)
Further reading
- “λύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λύπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ache idem, page 8.
- affliction idem, page 17.
- anguish idem, page 29.
- annoyance idem, page 31.
- bitterness idem, page 80.
- distress idem, page 242.
- misery idem, page 534.
- pain idem, page 588.
- pique idem, page 614.
- sadness idem, page 730.
- smart idem, page 786.
- suffering idem, page 835.
- tenderness idem, page 861.
- torment idem, page 881.
- torture idem, page 884.
- trouble idem, page 897.
- twinge idem, page 903.
- unhappiness idem, page 920.
- vexation idem, page 949.
- woe idem, page 986.
- worry idem, page 990.
- wound idem, page 991.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λύπη (lúpē).
Noun
λύπη • (lýpi) f (plural λύπες)
- sorrow, sadness, unhappiness
- suffering
- pity, compassion
Declension
declension of λύπη
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | λύπη • | λύπες • |
genitive | λύπης • | λυπών • |
accusative | λύπη • | λύπες • |
vocative | λύπη • | λύπες • |
Synonyms
- (sorrow): θλίψη f (thlípsi)
- (suffering): οδύνη f (odýni)
Related terms
- see: λυπώ (lypó, “to sadden”)
Further reading
- λύπη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.