Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμέθυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμέθυστος ἀμέθυστος ἀμέθυστον

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

Etym.: mequ/w

Sense

  1. not drunken, without drunkenness
  2. not intoxicating

Examples

  • ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ τοῦ παραδείσου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐγενήθησ. πάντα λίθον χρηστὸν ἐνδέδεσαι, σάρδιον καὶ τοπάζιον καὶ σμάραγδον καὶ ἄνθρακα καὶ σάπφειρον καὶ ἴασπιν καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ λιγύριον καί ἀχάτην καὶ ἀμέθυστον καὶ χρυσόλιθον καὶ βηρύλλιον καὶ ὀνύχιον, καὶ χρυσίου ἐνέπλησασ τοὺσ θησαυρούσ σου καὶ τὰσ ἀποθήκασ σου ἐν σοὶ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 28:13)
  • "οἱ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀμέθυστον οἰόμενοι τῷ πρὸσ τὰσ οἰνώσεισ βοηθεῖν αὐτήν τε καὶ τὴν ἐπώνυμον αὐτῆσ λίθον οὕτω κεκλῆσθαι διαμαρτάνουσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 10:13)

Synonyms

  1. not drunken

  2. not intoxicating

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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