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χαλεπαίνω

chalepaino

to be severe, sore, grievous

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Where it lives

  • Crito 2 · 4.8/10k
  • Euthydemus 5 · 4.02/10k
  • Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
  • Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
  • Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
  • Meno 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
  • Republic 17 · 1.91/10k
  • Discourses 14 · 1.89/10k
  • Anabasis 10 · 1.78/10k
  • On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
  • Meditations 5 · 1.72/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to be severe, sore, grievous

to be severe, sore, grievous, μέγα βρέμεται χαλεπαίνων [ἄνεμος] Il. 14.399; εἰ καὶ μάλα περ χαλεπαίνοι [ὥρη χειμερίη] Od. 5.485.

2 to be violent, angry, display, portray anger, to be angry with, to be angry, to be angry with, for

mostly of persons, to be violent, angry, ὅτε τις πρότερος χαλεπήνῃ Il. 19.183, cf. Ar. Ra. 1020 (anap.), Th. 3.82, 8.92, Pl. R. 426e, etc.; display or portray anger, ἀληθινώτατα Arist. Po. 1455a31: c. dat., to be angry with . . , Ζεὺς ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἄνδρεσσι κοτεσσάμενος χαλεπήνῃ Il. 16.386, cf. Od. 5.147, 16.114, 19.83; χ. τῷ ποταμῷ Hdt. 1.189, cf. Pl. Phd. 116c, X. An. 1.4.12, etc.; αἱ [κύνες] τοῖς λίθοις, οἷς ἂν βληθῶσι, χαλεπαίνουσι Pl. R. 469e: folld. by a Prep., χ. ἐπί τινι to be angry at a thi

3 to be irritated

Medic., to be irritated, Aret. SD 2.11.

II to be embittered, provoked

Pass., to be embittered or provoked, χαλεπανθῆναί τινι, ὅτι . . against one, X. An. 4.6.2, Cyr. 3.1.38; πρὸς ἀλλήλους ib. 5.2.18.

III to be judged, treated harshly

Pass., to be judged or treated harshly, ἐλεεῖσθαι . . μᾶλλον εἰκός ἐστί που . . ἢ χαλεπαίνεσθαι Pl. R. 337a.—Never used in Trag.

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Where it came from

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