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ἀνώμοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώμοτος ἀνώμοτη ἀνώμοτον

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

Etym.: o)/mnumi

Sense

  1. unsworn, not bound by oath, without swearing by
  2. not sworn to

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ βουλεύσεωσ ἐγκαλοῦσιν, οἷσ ἀνώμοτοσ ἡ κακία· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 61:2)
  • καὶ εἴθε γε, ὦ Μνήσιππε, ἀνώμοτοσ ὢν ταῦτα ἔλεγεσ, ἵνα καὶ ἀπιστεῖν ἂν ἐδυνάμην αὐτοῖσ· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 18:11)
  • διόπερ ἀνώμοτοσ ἀπεφήνατο. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 39:4)
  • ἄλλοσ, εἰ γέγονεν κρίσισ, ὥσπερ Εὐριπίδησ πρὸσ Ὑγιαίνοντα ἐν τῇ ἀντιδόσει κατηγοροῦντα ὡσ ἀσεβήσ, ὅσ γ’ ἐποίησε κελεύων ἐπιορκεῖν, ἡ γλῶσσ’ ὀμώμοχ’, ἡ δὲ φρὴν ἀνώμοτοσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 15 8:1)
  • τὴν μὲν δίαιταν ἀντιλαχὼν οὐκ ὤμοσεν, ἀλλ’ εἰάσε καθ’ αὑτοῦ κυρίαν γενέσθαι, καὶ ἀνώμοτοσ ἀπηνέχθη· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 112:3)
  • ἡ τοίνυν νῆσοσ αὕτη ἀνώμοτόσ ἐστιν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 1 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. not sworn to

Related

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

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