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

  • δέδοικα μὲν οὖν μὴ παρὰ κωφὸν λέγω καί τινα τρόπον ἐξορχῶμαι δεικνὺσ ἀμυήτῳ τὰ ἱερά· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 27:8)

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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