gentle
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. πρᾶος, ἤπιος, φιλάνθρωπος, ἥμερος, ἐπιεικής, V. πρευμενής, πέπων.
soft: Ar. and P. μαλακός, Ar. and V. μαλθακός, P. and V. λεῖος (Plato).
quiet: P. and V. ἥσυχος, ἡσυχαῖος (Plato), P. ἡσύχιος, ἠρεμαῖος.
on a gentle slope: P. ἐν ἠρέμα προσάντει (Plato, Phaedrus 230C).
of gentle birth: P. and V. γενναῖος, εὐγενής (Plato and Thuc.), Ar. and V. ἐσθλός.
