επίπονος

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίπονος (epíponos).[1] By surface analysis, επί- (epí-) +‎ πόνος (pónos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈpi.po.nos/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πί‧πο‧νος

Adjective

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επίπονος (epíponosm (feminine επίπονη, neuter επίπονο)

  1. arduous, laborious, strenuous, toilsome (requiring great effort, hard work)
  2. painstaking (of work: requiring careful and effortful attention to detail)

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ επίπονος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language