Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμύθητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμύθητος ἀμύθητη ἀμύθητον

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

Etym.: muqe/omai

Sense

  1. unspeakable, unspeakably many or great

Examples

  • "πανταχοῦ μὲν οὖν ἀταξία πονηρόν, ἐν δ’ ἀνθρώποισ, καὶ ταῦτα πίνουσιν, ἐγγινομένη μάλιστα τὴν αὑτῆσ ἀναδείκνυσι μοχθηρίαν ὕβρει καὶ κακοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἀμυθήτοισ, ὁὶ προϊδέσθαι καὶ φυλάξασθαι τακτικοῦ καὶ ἁρμονικοῦ ἀνδρόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 25:6)

Synonyms

  1. unspeakable

Related

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

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