ἤπῐος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1 of persons, gentle, kind, πατὴρ ὣς ἤπιος αἰεί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.770, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.47, 234 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a monarch, ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤ[[. [prev. work] 230, 5.8. compare 14.139; ἡνίοχος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.281: with _dative_ _person_, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιος εἶναι 8.40, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.337, etc.; ἤ. ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 407; ἠπιώτερος τοῦ πατρός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the gods, σωτῆρας.. ἠπίους θ᾽ ἡμῖν μολεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 738; θεὸς ἀνθρώποισιν -ώτατος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 861; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 879 (Lyric poetry); ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν -ωτέρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 310 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέ πω ἤπιος appeased, [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 133: later in Prose, NT.1Thes.2.7, NT.2Tim.2.24. ] NT]
__2 of feelings, words, etc., εἴ μοι κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ἤπια εἰδείη had kindly feeling towards me, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.73; ὁμῶς δέ τοι ἤπια οἶδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.405, compare 15.557; ἤ. δήνεα οἶδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.361 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῦθος ἤ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.327 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀργαί, φρένες, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53, “fragment” 362.6; πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον καταστῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.59. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]