λυπηρός

From λῡπέω (lūpéō, “to grieve”) +‎ -ρός (-rós). Compare also λῡπρός (lūprós).

λῡπηρός • (lūpērós) m (feminine λῡπηρᾱ́, neuter λῡπηρόν); first/second declension

1. painful, distressing
2. causing sorrow or pain, troublesome, vexatious, offensive

• → Greek: λυπηρός (lypirós) (learned)

• λυπηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λυπηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • annoying idem, page 31.
  • bitter idem, page 80.
  • disagreeable idem, page 227.
  • distressing idem, page 242.
  • dreary idem, page 252.
  • grievous idem, page 373.
  • harassing idem, page 385.
  • harrowing idem, page 387.
  • heavy idem, page 393.
  • insufferable idem, page 447.
  • intolerable idem, page 454.
  • irksome idem, page 459.
  • lamentable idem, page 474.
  • miserable idem, page 533.
  • odious idem, page 569.
  • painful idem, page 589.
  • provoking idem, page 655.
  • sad idem, page 730.
  • sore idem, page 794.
  • sorrowful idem, page 795.
  • tiresome idem, page 878.
  • torturing idem, page 884.
  • troublesome idem, page 897.
  • vexatious idem, page 950.
  • wearisome idem, page 970.
  • woeful idem, page 986.
  • wretched idem, page 993.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λυπηρός (lupērós).^[1][2] By surface analysis, λυπη- (stem of λυπώ (lypó)) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

• IPA^(key): /li.piˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: λυ‧πη‧ρός

λυπηρός • (lypirós) m (feminine λυπηρή, neuter λυπηρό)

1. sad, saddening (causing feelings of sadness)

   Synonym: λυπητερός (lypiterós)

2. regrettable