Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄχολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄχολος

Structure: ἀχολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. allaying bile or anger

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ λύπῃ ἐχόμενοσ ἐξέρχεται τοῦ θεάτρου φαιδρότεροσ ὥσπερ τι φάρμακον ληθεδανὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸν ποιητὴν νηπενθέσ τε καὶ ἄχολον πιών. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 79:1)
  • διδόναι καὶ ὄνου γάλα, λεῖον, ἄχολον, εὔτροφον, ἐσ τυρὸν ἀσύστατον, ἥπερ ἐστὶ γάλακτοσ ἀρετή. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 249)
  • "νηπενθέσ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπάντων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6362)
  • οὕτωσ σύγε ἀνεῦρεσ καὶ ἐμηχανήσω θέαμα, ἀτεχνῶσ νηπενθέσ τ’ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθεσ ἁπάντων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 67:1)
  • αὐτίκ’ ἄρ’ εἰσ οἶνον βάλε φάρμακον, ἔνθεν ἔπινον, νηπενθέσ τ’ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπάντων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 26:2)

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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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