Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄρρυθμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρρυθμος ἄρρυθμη ἄρρυθμον

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

Sense

  1. not in rhythm or time, unrhythmical, in undue measure, ill-proportioned

Examples

  • ἓν γὰρ νομίζω τοῦτο τῶν ἀνελευθέρων εἶναι τὸ βαδίζειν ἀρρύθμωσ ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ, ἐξὸν καλῶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 38 3:1)
  • χαρακτηρίζει δ’ οὐκ ἀρρύθμωσ τὸν παράσιτον ὁποῖὸσ τίσ ἐστι Τιμοκλῆσ ἐν Δρακοντίῳ οὕτωσ ι ἔπειτ’ ἐγὼ παράσιτον ἐπιτρέψω τινὶ κακῶσ λέγειν; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 321)
  • εἰσ δὲ τὸ εἶδοσ οὐκ ἀρρύθμωσ παίζονται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 1043)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ προσέχαιρον αὐτοῦ τῇ βωμολοχίᾳ καὶ συνέπαιζον οὐκ ἀρρύθμωσ οὐδὲ ἀμούσωσ οἱ Ἀλεξανδρεῖσ, ἀγαπῶντεσ καὶ λέγοντεσ ὡσ τῷ τραγικῷ πρὸσ τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ χρῆται προσώπῳ, τῷ δὲ κωμικῷ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 29 2:2)
  • πῶσ οὖν, ἔφη, τῷ ἀρρύθμῳ σώματι ἁρμόττοντα τὸν θώρακα εὔρυθμον ποιεῖσ; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 14:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἡ σχεδὸν ἀλόγιστόσ τε καὶ ἄτακτοσ ἀσχήμων τε καὶ ἄρρυθμοσ ἀνάρμοστόσ τε φορά, καὶ πάνθ’ ὁπόσα κακοῦ κεκοινώνηκέν τινοσ, ἐπιλέλειπται παντὸσ ἀριθμοῦ, καὶ δεῖ τοῦθ’ οὕτω διανοεῖσθαι τὸν μέλλοντα εὐδαίμονα τελευτήσειν· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 38:2)

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

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