λῡπ-ηρός, ά, όν,
__I of things, painful, distressing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 553 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί σοι τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ λ. κλύει; [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1176; τἀν δόμοισι λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 623, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀζημίους μέν, λ. δὲ ἀχθηδόνας causing pain, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37; τὰ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 555.3; βίος -ότερος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 733b; τὸ λ. [prev. author] “R.” 585a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὸ ἡδύ, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons,
__II.1 causing sorrow, λυπηρὸς ἡμῖν τούσδ᾽ ἂν ἐκλίποι δόμους [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 796. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 causing pain, troublesome, λ. κλύειν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 557; λ. οὐκ ἦν οὐδ᾽ ἐπίφθονος πόλει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 893, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 456, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of those who are objects of jealousy and envy, [[ [prev. author] 6.16, compare 2.64. ] Refs]
__III of persons, sad, ={ἄθυμος}, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, cf. LXX.Pro.17.22. ] LXX+5th c.AD+]
__IV adverb -ρῶς painfully, so as to cause pain, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 912 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. δ᾽ ἔχει, εἰ.. it is painful that.., [[ [prev. author] “El.” 767, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1263. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]