τᾰπεινός, ή, όν,
low:
__1 of Place, low-lying, χώρη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 352b32 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῆσος [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.21 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ταπεινὰ νέμεσθαι to live in low regions, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.82; τ. ἕζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1411 (Lyric poetry); ἡ μαῖα καθεζέσθω -οτέρα 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70a, compare 2.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of stature or size, low, ὀστᾶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.4; τροχοί [prev. work] 10.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of position in the body, τὰ τ. τοῦ θώρακος [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.531 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a river, low, opposed to μέγας, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.43.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of stars, low, i.e. near the horizon, [[ 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.5, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but also, near the earth, [[ [prev. author] 2.5 ] Refs]; of the sun, opposed to ὑψηλός, [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λοξὸς καὶ τ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.87. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 of persons, humbled, abased in power, pride, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺ δ᾽ οὐδέπω τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 322, compare 908; τ. παρέχειν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.13; τά τοι μέγιστα πολλάκις θεὸς ταπείν᾽ ἔθηκε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716, compare “Hec.” 245, “Andr.” 979 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; submissive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 5.4 (_comparative_), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τ. τῶν πόλεων small, poor, weak, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95, compare 7.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.69 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. δύναμις [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of low intelligence, αἱ τῶν ἀσυνέτων καὶ τ. ἀνθρώπων ψυχαί [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.220; τὴν μικρὰν καὶ τ. [ἰατρικὴν θεωρίαν] ὁ Ἱπποκράτης ηὔξησεν [prev. author] 16.550. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb, ταπεινῶς (or ταπεινὰ) πράττειν to be in low estate or obscurity, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.64, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 6; -νῶς ζῆν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 227; ὁμιλεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1313b41. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]