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λυπέω

lypeo

grieve, vex

Appears 111 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λυπέω, (λύπη) A. grieve, vex, whether in body or mind, τινα Hes. Op. 401, Sapph. Supp. 2.4, etc.; opp. εὐφραίνειν, E. Alc. 239 (anap.); [ὁ θώραξ] λυπεῖ distresses by its weight, X. Mem. 3.10.15: c.neut. Adj., λυπεῖν μηδὲν αὑτόν E. Cyc. 338, cf. Hdt. 8.144, X. Cyr. 3.3.50; ταὐτὰ ταῦτα λυποῦντες, ἅπερ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐλύπουν Pl. Ap. 41e: c. part., ἐλύπει αὐτὸν ἡ χώρα πορθουμένη X. An. 7.7.12; οὐ σκοπεῖς ὅ τι μὴ λυπήσεις τοὺς ἄλλους ποιῶν D. 21.135: folld. by interrog., καί μʼ ἦμαρ . . λυπεῖ, τί πράσσει S. OT 74, cf. El. 59; οὐδὲν ἐλύπησεν [αὐτό], ὥστε μή . . does no harm . . , Pl. Cra. 393e; οὐδένα λυπήσας or -ασα, as formula in epitaphs, IG 14.1857, 2.1868. 2. abs., cause pain or grief, ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς S. Aj. 589, Ant. 573, cf. OT 1231; τὸ λυποῦν Antiph. 107, Men. 410. 3. in histor. writers, of cavalry and light troops, harass, annoy an army by constant attacks, Hdt. 9.40, cf. 61, Th. 6.66, X. HG 6.3.14, An. 2.3.23, etc.; λῃσταὶ . . τὴν Λακωνικὴν ἧσσον ἐλύπουν Th. 4.53, cf. Ar. Av. 1427. II. Pass. with fut. Med. (E. Med. 474, etc.), to be grieved, distressed, λυπεῖσθαι φρένα Thgn. 593 codd.; τῷ μήτε χαίρειν μήτε λυπεῖσθαι βροτούς A. Fr. 266, cf. S. Aj. 555, etc.; μήτε λυπέο μήτε . . be not distressed, Hdt. 8.100; ὑπὸ θεραπαίνης ἐπίτηδες λ. Lys. 1.11: c. acc. cogn., τὰς ἐσχάτας λ. λύπας Pl. Grg. 494a, cf. Phd. 85a; also διπλῇ τινι λύπῃ λ. Id. Phlb. 36a: also c. acc. rei, grieve about a thing, S. Aj. 1086; πρὸς τὰς ξυμφοράς Th. 2.64; διά τι Pl. Phlb. 52b; ἐπί τινι X. Mem. 3.9.8: c. part., λυπῇ . . ἐστερημένη E. Med. 286; ταῦτʼ ἐλυπεῖθʼ ὁρῶν D. 18.217: abs., feel pain, E. Ion 632, etc.; τὸ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. Lg. 689b; τὸ -εῖσθαι Id. Prt. 354d.

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