τριπόθητος
From LSJ
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
English (LSJ)
Dor. -ᾱτος (s. v. l.), ον,
A thrice (i. e. much) longed for, ὦ τριπόθατε Bion 1.58, cf. Mosch.3.51; εἶαρ τ. Bion Fr.15.15; τ. Ἄδωνις Hymn. ap. Hippol.Haer.5.9; also in late Prose, as Luc.Hist.Conscr. 31, etc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρῐπόθητος: Δωρ. -ᾱτος, ον, ὁ τρὶς (δηλ. πολὺ) ποθητός, ἐπιθυμητός, ὦ τριπόθατε Βίων 1. 58, Μόσχ. 3. 51· εἶαρ τρ. Βίων 3 (6)· 15· τρ. Ἄδωνις Ὕμν. παρ’ Ἱππολ. (Ὠριγέν.) 5. 9· ὡσαύτως παρὰ μεταγεν. πεζογράφοις, οἷον Λουκ. Πῶς δεῖ Ἱστο. Συγγρ. 31, κλπ.
