λύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.pɛː/ → /ˈly.pi/ → /ˈli.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pi/

Noun

λῠ́πη • (lúpē) f (genitive λῠ́πης); first declension

1. sadness
2. suffering, affliction

   Antonym: ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ λῠ́πη; τῆς λῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́πη hē lúpē	τὼ λῠ́πᾱ tṑ lúpā	αἱ λῠ́παι hai lúpai
Genitive	τῆς λῠ́πης tês lúpēs	τοῖν λῠ́παιν toîn lúpain	τῶν λῠπῶν tôn lupôn
Dative	τῇ λῠ́πῃ têi lúpēi	τοῖν λῠ́παιν toîn lúpain	ταῖς λῠ́παις taîs lúpais
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́πην tḕn lúpēn	τὼ λῠ́πᾱ tṑ lúpā	τᾱ̀ς λῠ́πᾱς tā̀s lúpās
Vocative	λῠ́πη lúpē	λῠ́πᾱ lúpā	λῠ́παι lúpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• 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^[1], 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.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύπη (lúpē).

Noun

λύπη • (lýpi) f (plural λύπες)

1. sorrow, sadness, unhappiness
2. suffering
3. pity, compassion

Declension

Declension of λύπη

	singular	plural
nominative	λύπη •	λύπες •
genitive	λύπης •	λυπών •
accusative	λύπη •	λύπες •
vocative	λύπη •	λύπες •

Synonyms

• (sorrow): θλίψη f (thlípsi)
• (suffering): οδύνη f (odýni)

Further reading

• “λύπη”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998