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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πρᾶο(ς) (prâo(s)) + -της (-tēs). Also, with a spelling from πρᾷος (prâios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /praː.ó.tɛːs/ → /praˈo.tis/ → /praˈo.tis/
Noun
πρᾱότης • (prāótēs) f (genitive πρᾱότητος); third declension
- gentleness, mildness
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πραότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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