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τᾰπεινός

tapeinos

low, low-lying, low regions

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Where it lives

  • Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
  • James 2 · 11.7/10k
  • Odae 3 · 7.38/10k
  • 1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
  • Siracides 10 · 5.42/10k
  • 2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k
  • On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
  • Leviticus 8 · 4.28/10k
  • Isaias 10 · 3.81/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
  • Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
  • Discourses 24 · 3.23/10k

Densest 12 of 57 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

low

low:

1 low-lying, low regions, low, low, low, near the earth

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

2 humbled, abased in power, pride, submissive, small, poor, weak, of low intelligence, in low estate, obscurity

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., τ

3 downcast, dejected

of the spirits, downcast, dejected, διάνοια Th. 2.61; τ. καὶ ἔρημοι συνεκάθηντο X. HG 2.4.23, cf. 6.4.16.

4 mean, base, abject, lowly, humble

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 mean, low, poor, low, poor, in a submissive manner

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.

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Where it came from

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