Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄμοχθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμοχθος ἄμοχθη ἄμοχθον

Structure: ἀμοχθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. free from toil and trouble, shrinking from toil
  2. not tired

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ νεάζον ἐν τοιοῖσδε βόσκεται χώροισιν αὑτοῦ, καί νιν οὐ θάλποσ θεοῦ οὐδ’ ὄμβροσ οὐδὲ πνευμάτων οὐδὲν κλονεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἡδοναῖσ ἄμοχθον ἐξαίρει βίον ἐσ τοῦθ’ ἑώσ τισ ἀντὶ παρθένου γυνὴ κληθῇ λάβῃ τ’ ἐν νυκτὶ φροντίδων μέροσ, ἤτοι πρὸσ ἀνδρὸσ ἢ τέκνων φοβουμένη. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode3)

Synonyms

  1. free from toil and trouble

  2. not tired

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

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