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

  • οὐδ’, ἀμόχθῳ καρδίᾳ προσφέρων τόλμαν, παραιτεῖται χάριν· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 9:2)
  • ὕπνοσ δ’ αὐτοῖσ πάρεστιν ἡδίων ἢ τοῖσ ἀμόχθοισ, καὶ οὔτε ἀπολείποντεσ αὐτὸν ἄχθονται οὔτε διὰ τοῦτον μεθιᾶσι τὰ δέοντα πράττειν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 34:3)
  • κερδήσω πένθοσ ἀμοχθότερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 390 1:4)

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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