Included with:
πρᾶος, ον,
also
πρᾱΰς,
Ionic dialect πρηΰς, εῖα, ΰ:—
πρᾶος supplies
singular in
Attic dialect, Trag., and Comedy texts, except that the
feminine is always πραεια (πρᾶος as
feminine only in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; but
singular πραΰς,
Ionic dialect πρηΰς, is used in
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (also in [
LXX+5th c.BC+]:—
plural,
nominative πρηέες [
Refs 5th c.BC+] written for πραείαις [
Refs 3rd c.AD+];
accusative πραεῖς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative πραότερος [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
Ionic dialect πρηΰτ- [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative πραότατος [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect πρηΰτατος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (The ι subscr. is frequently written in codices, but Πρᾶος is written in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πραύτερος is found once in codices, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
mild, soft, gentle (not in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
1 of things, πρηῢ σέλας [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
mild, πυρετοί Hp.[same place]; ἰητρείη πρηεῖα [
Refs]; of sound,
soft, gentle, τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠδῖνες[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2 of persons,
mild, gentle, meek, πραῢς ἀστοῖς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους π.[
Refs]; especially after having been angry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ θὴρ ὅδ᾽ ἡμῖν π., of Dionysus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a horse,
gentle, ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of other animals,
tame, ἰχθύων μεγάλων καὶ πραέων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 of actions, feelings, etc.,
mild, τιμωρίαι πραότεραι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πραέα
caresses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πραότερα πάσχειν [
Refs]
II making mild, taming, φάρμακον πραῢ τείνων ἀμφὶ γένυι, of a bridle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III adverb πράως,
mildly, gently, πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος to speak
lightly of it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πράως διακεῖσθαι, opposed to ὀργίζεσθαι, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; in physical sense,
gently, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πραοτέρως (variant-υτέρως) ἔχειν τινί [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
superlative, φέρειν.. ὡς πραότωτα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: later form
πραέως (πράως [Ἀττικοί], οὐ πραέως [
Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.:
Ionic dialect πρηέως conjecture in [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]. (Cogn. with Sanskrit
prīṇā´ti 'love, give pleasure to', Gothic
frijon 'love',
frijonds 'friend'.)
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