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σεμνόω

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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: σεμνόω Medium diacritics: σεμνόω Low diacritics: σεμνόω Capitals: ΣΕΜΝΟΩ
Transliteration A: semnóō Transliteration B: semnoō Transliteration C: semnoo Beta Code: semno/w

English (LSJ)

   A make solemn or grand, exalt, magnify, τὰ περὶ Κῦρον Hdt. 1.95; ἄλλως αὐτὰ σ. Id.3.16:—Med., hold the head high, give oneself airs, dub. cj. in Call.Com.12.

German (Pape)

[Seite 872] ehrwürdig machen, bes. in der Erzählung, Etwas erhabener, wichtiger machen, als es wirklich ist, ausschmücken, übertreiben, Her. 1, 95. 3, 16.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σεμνόω: μέλλ. -ώσω, κάμνω τι σεμνὸν ἢ μέγα, ἐξυψώνω, μεγαλύνω, τιμῶ, κοσμῶ, ἐκθειάζω, τὰ περὶ Κῦρον Ἡρόδ. 1. 95· ἄλλως σ. τι ὁ αὐτ. 3. 16. - Παθητ., κρατῶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑψηλά, ὑπερηφανεύομαι, Καλλίας ἐν «Πεδ.» 2.