Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄτονος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτονος ἄτονη ἄτονον

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

Etym.: tei/nw

Sense

  1. not stretched, relaxed

Examples

  • ἢν δὲ ἀγύμναστοσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ καὶ ἄτονοσ ᾖ μηδὲ διαρκῆ τὴν ὕλην ἔχῃ ὑποβεβλημένην, τότε ὑπὸ τῶν καμάτων βλάπτοιτο ἂν καὶ καταμαραίνοιτο, οἱο͂́ν τι ἐπὶ πυρὸσ καὶ λύχνου γίγνεται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 35:6)
  • ἄτονοσ δὲ δὴ καὶ λαβὰσ οὐ κραταιὰσ ἔχουσα πῶσ ἐστιν ἡ λέξισ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 19 3:4)
  • ἕκτοσ ἰατρὸσ Ἡροφίλειοσ, νοῆσαι μὲν ἱκανόσ, γράψαι δ’ ἄτονοσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 35:7)

Synonyms

  1. not stretched

Related

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

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