ταπεινόω
τᾰπειν-όω,
A). lower, in point of height,
reduce,
σπλῆνα (swollen spleen)
Dsc. 2.155 :— Pass.,
πᾶν ὄρος ταπεινωθήσεται LXX Is. 40.4 ;
πρόσωπον ἐκ μετεώρου ταπεινούμενον Hp. Coac. 208 ; of a plant,
decrease in size,
Thphr. HP 7.13.9 ; of rivers,
D.S. 1.36 ; Astrol., of a planet,
suffer dejection,
Vett.Val. 119.15 .
3). in moral sense,
make lowly, humble,
ἑαυτόν Phld. Vit. p.38 J., Ev.Matt. 23.12 , al.:— Pass.,
humble oneself,
τὴν θεὸν ἐξιλάσαντο τῷ ταπεινοῦσθαι σφόδρα Men. 544 , cf.
LXX Ge. 16.9 ,
Si. 18.21 ,
1 Ep.Pet. 5.6 .
4). esp. of fasting or abstinence,
θεοῦ ᾧ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ (i.e. on a fast-day)
ταπεινοῦται μεθ’ ἱκετείας SIG 1181.11 (Rhenea, Jewish, ii A.D.);
ἐὰν ψυχὴν τεταπεινωμένην ἐμπλήσῃς feed
the hungry,
LXX Is. 58.10 , cf.
Le. 23.27 , al.;
οἶδα ταπεινοῦσθαι, opp.
περισσεύειν,
Ep.Phil. 4.12 .
ShortDef
to lower
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Headword (normalized):
ταπεινόω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ταπεινοω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τᾰπειν-όω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lower</span>, in point of height, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reduce</span>, <span class="foreign greek">σπλῆνα</span> (swollen spleen) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 2.155 </span>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πᾶν ὄρος ταπεινωθήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:40:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:40.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 40.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρόσωπον ἐκ μετεώρου ταπεινούμενον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Coac.</span> 208 </a> ; of a plant, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decrease in size</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:13:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:13:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 7.13.9 </a>; of rivers, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.36 </a>; Astrol., of a planet, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suffer dejection</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:119:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:119.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 119.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lessen</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸν φθόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg012:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg012:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Per.</span> 32 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 15.683 </span> (to expl. <span class="foreign greek">κολάζεται</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acut.</span> 59 </a>); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">disparage, minimize</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:15:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:15:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 6.15.7 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85:7/canonical-url/"> 3.85.7 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be lowered</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lessened</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:72d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:72d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 72d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">humble, abase</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:3:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.3.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τ. καὶ συστέλλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:210e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:210e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 210e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ταπεινώσαντες .. τοὺς νῦν ἐπηρμένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:235/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.235 </a> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">ταπεινωθεὶς ἕπεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:254e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:254e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 254e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ πενίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:553c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:553c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 553c </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.225 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">τεταπείνωται ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων δόξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.5.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐταπεινοῦντο ταῖς ἐλπίσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:13:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:13.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 13.11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τεταπεινωμένων τῶν ἄλλων διὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων κατάστασιν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oxy.</span> 664.22 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">violate</span> a woman, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:34:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:34.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 34.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:13:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:13.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ki.</span> 13.12 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:14/canonical-url/"> 14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg053:22:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg053:22.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ez.</span> 22.10 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg053:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg053:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in moral sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make lowly, humble</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἑαυτόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg150:p.38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg150:p.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.</span> p.38 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 23.12 </span>, al.:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">humble oneself</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν θεὸν ἐξιλάσαντο τῷ ταπεινοῦσθαι σφόδρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:544/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 544 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:16:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:16.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 16.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg034:18:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg034:18.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Si.</span> 18.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg021.perseus-grc1:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg021.perseus-grc1:5.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Pet.</span> 5.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> esp. of fasting or abstinence, <span class="foreign greek">θεοῦ ᾧ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ</span> (i.e. on a fast-day) <span class="quote greek">ταπεινοῦται μεθ’ ἱκετείας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1181.11 </span> (Rhenea, Jewish, ii A.D.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐὰν ψυχὴν τεταπεινωμένην ἐμπλήσῃς</span> feed <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the hungry</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:58:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:58.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 58.10 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:23:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:23.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Le.</span> 23.27 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">οἶδα ταπεινοῦσθαι</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">περισσεύειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Phil.</span> 4.12 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}