Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνοήμων

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνοήμων

Etym.: noe/w

Sense

  1. without understanding

Examples

  • "Τηλέμαχ’, οὐδ’ ὄπιθεν κακὸσ ἔσσεαι οὐδ’ ἀνοήμων, εἰ δή τοι σοῦ πατρὸσ ἐνέστακται μένοσ ἠύ, οἱο͂σ κεῖνοσ ἐήν τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔποσ τε· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 26:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ὄπιθεν κακὸσ ἔσσεαι οὐδ’ ἀνοήμων, οὐδέ σε πάγχυ γε μῆτισ Ὀδυσσῆοσ προλέλοιπεν, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα τελευτῆσαι τάδε ἔργα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 26:5)
  • "ῥεῖ’ ἔγνωσ, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ τά τ’ ἄλλα πέρ ἐσσ’ ἀνοήμων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 39:2)

Synonyms

  1. without understanding

Similar forms

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

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