Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀδείμαντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδείμαντος ἀδείμαντον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + δειμαντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: deimai/nw

Sense

  1. fearless, dauntless
  2. where no fear is

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν, ὡσ ἀδειμάντωσ κλύῃ, ἄνωχθ’ ὅσον τάχιστα γηθούσῃ φρενί. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode, anapests 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. fearless

  2. where no fear is

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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