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χαλεπαίνω

chalepaino

to be severe, sore, grievous

Appears 43 times across Plato's dialogues.

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χαλεπαίνω, Il. 14.399, etc.: fut. -ᾰνῶ Pl. Tht. 161a, Men. Sam. 204: aor.1 ἐχαλέπηνα Isoc. 4.102, etc.; subj. χαλεπήνῃ Il. 16.386; inf. -ῆναι 18.108:—Pass., aor. ἐχαλεπάνθην, v. infr. II: (χαλεπός):—A. to be severe, sore, grievous, μέγα βρέμεται χαλεπαίνων [ἄνεμος] Il. 14.399; εἰ καὶ μάλα περ χαλεπαίνοι [ὥρη χειμερίη] Od. 5.485. 2. mostly of persons, to be violent, angry, ὅτε τις πρότερος χαλεπήνῃ Il. 19.183, cf. Ar. Ra. 1020 (anap.), Th. 3.82, 8.92, Pl. R. 426e, etc.; display or portray anger, ἀληθινώτατα Arist. Po. 1455a31: c. dat., to be angry with . . , Ζεὺς ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἄνδρεσσι κοτεσσάμενος χαλεπήνῃ Il. 16.386, cf. Od. 5.147, 16.114, 19.83; χ. τῷ ποταμῷ Hdt. 1.189, cf. Pl. Phd. 116c, X. An. 1.4.12, etc.; αἱ [κύνες] τοῖς λίθοις, οἷς ἂν βληθῶσι, χαλεπαίνουσι Pl. R. 469e: folld. by a Prep., χ. ἐπί τινι to be angry at a thing, Od. 18.415; πρός τι Th. 2.22,59; πρός τινα X. Mem. 2.2.1: c. dupl. dat. pers. et rei, χ. τινὶ τοῖς εἰρημένοις to be angry with him for his words, Id. An. 5.5.24: rarely, c. gen. causae, ὧν ἐμοὶ χαλεπαίνετε, τούτων τοῖς θεοῖς χάριν εἰδέναι ib.7.6.32; also χ. ὑπέρ τινος Luc. Ind. 25: folld. by a conjunction, χ. ὅτι . . X. An. 1.5.14; χαλ. εἰ . . Plu. Cam. 8, etc. 3. Medic., to be irritated, Aret. SD 2.11. II. Pass., to be embittered or provoked, χαλεπανθῆναί τινι, ὅτι . . against one, X. An. 4.6.2, Cyr. 3.1.38; πρὸς ἀλλήλους ib.5.2.18. III. Pass., to be judged or treated harshly, ἐλεεῖσθαι . . μᾶλλον εἰκός ἐστί που . . ἢ χαλεπαίνεσθαι Pl. R. 337a.—Never used in Trag.
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