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ἀμύητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμύητος ἀμύητη ἀμύητον

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

Etym.: mue/w

Sense

  1. uninitiated
  2. unable to keep close, leaky

Examples

  • τοὐναντίον δὴ οὗτοσ σοί, ὦ Καλλίκλεισ, ἐνδείκνυται ὡσ τῶν ἐν Αἵδου ‐ τὸ ἀιδὲσ δὴ λέγων ‐ οὗτοι ἀθλιώτατοι ἂν εἰε͂ν, οἱ ἀμύητοι, καὶ φοροῖεν εἰσ τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ὕδωρ ἑτέρῳ τοιούτῳ τετρημένῳ κοσκίνῳ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 281:1)
  • οἱ δὲ μετ̓ ἐκείνουσ ὕστερον ἐπὶ σκηνὰσ καὶ θέατρα τὴν αὑτῶν σοφίαν ἀγαγόντεσ ἀμύητοι ἀμυήτοισ πολλάκισ ἐξέφερον ἀτελῆ παραδείγματα ὀργίων· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 62:1)

Synonyms

  1. uninitiated

Related

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

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