Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • αἰσχρὰ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ταῦτα φὴσ τὰ περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅμωσ δ’ οὖν, ὦ Μῶμε, τὰ πολλὰ αὐτῶν αἰνίγματά ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ πάνυ χρὴ καταγελᾶν ἀμύητον ὄντα. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 11:1)
  • λέγω δ’ οἱο͂ν, ἐπεὶ τὰ ἐναντία ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ γένει, τὸ φάναι τὸν μὲν πτωχεύοντα εὔχεσθαι τὸν δὲ εὐχόμενον πτωχεύειν, ὅτι ἄμφω αἰτήσεισ, τὸ εἰρημένον ἐστὶ ποιεῖν, ὡσ καὶ Ἰφικράτησ Καλλίαν μητραγύρτην ἀλλ’ οὐ δᾳδοῦχον, ὁ δὲ ἔφη ἀμύητον αὐτὸν εἶναι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 2 10:1)

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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