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ἄμαθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμαθος ἄμαθη ἄμαθον

Structure: ἀμαθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. a)/mmos.

Sense

  1. sandy soil, the links or dunes by the sea

Examples

  • ἄτιμον εἰλήφει σχῆμα, τῶν ἑαυτῆσ ἐκπεσοῦσα ἀγαθῶν, ἡ δὲ ἔκ τινων βαράθρων τῆσ Ἀσίασ ἐχθὲσ καὶ πρῴην ἀφικομένη, Μυσὴ ἢ Φρυγία τισ ἢ Καρικόν τι κακόν, Ἑλληνίδασ ἠξίου διοικεῖν πόλεισ ἀπελάσασα τῶν κοινῶν τὴν ἑτέραν, ἡ ἀμαθὴσ τὴν φιλόσοφον καὶ ἡ μαινομένη τὴν σώφρονα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 1 2:1)
  • γαπόνοσ δ’ ἀνὴρ πένησ, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀμαθήσ, ἔργων ὕπο οὐκ ἂν δύναιτο πρὸσ τὰ κοίν’ ἀποβλέπειν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:11)
  • Ἀργεῖοσ ἀμαθήσ, ἀλλ’ Ιἑρώνυμοσ σοφόσ· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 5:25)
  • ἀμαθήσ τισ εἶ θεόσ, ἢ δίκαιοσ οὐκ ἔφυσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 5:21)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐμὸσ γενέτασ καὶ σόσ γ’, ἀμαθήσ, οἰωνοῖσ ἔρρει συλαθείσ, σπάργανα ματέροσ ἐξαλλάξασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 2:3)

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

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