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ἐκκακέω

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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4
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Full diacritics: ἐκκᾰκέω Medium diacritics: ἐκκακέω Low diacritics: εκκακέω Capitals: ΕΚΚΑΚΕΩ
Transliteration A: ekkakéō Transliteration B: ekkakeō Transliteration C: ekkakeo Beta Code: e)kkake/w

English (LSJ)

   A to be faint-hearted, lose heart, grow weary, v.l. for ἐγκ-, Ev.Luc.18.1, 2 Ep.Cor.4.1,16,al., cf. Vett. Val.201.15, Gloss.

German (Pape)

[Seite 761] im Unglück den Muth verlieren, übh. müde werden, N. T.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐκκᾰκέω: εἶμαι λιπόψυχος, ἀποδειλιῶ, χάνω τὸ θάρρος, ἀποκάμνω, Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. ιη΄, 1, 2 Ἐπιστ. π. Κορινθ. δ΄, 1 καί 16 κ. ἀλλ.˙ ἀλλ’ ἁπανταχοῦ τῆς Κ. Δ. ἤδη διορθοῦται ἐγκακέω.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
1 perdre courage, céder au découragement;
2 agir mollement, mettre peu d’empressement à faire qch.
Étymologie: ἐκ, κακός.