Ἀμάλη
corn-bundle, sheaf
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 9 Jun 2000 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the crop.
And [there is] a saying:1 "with the very sheaves": in reference to those who are utterly destroyed, as if to the very foundations.
And [there is] a saying:1 "with the very sheaves": in reference to those who are utterly destroyed, as if to the very foundations.
Greek original
Ἀμάλη· ὁ καρπός. καὶ παροιμία· Αὐταῖς ἀμάλαις· ἐπὶ τῶν πανωλεθρίᾳ διαφθειρομένων, οἱονεὶ αὐτοῖς βάθροις.
Betacode
*)ama/lh: o( karpo/s. kai\ paroimi/a: *au)tai=s a)ma/lais: e)pi\ tw=n panwleqri/a| diafqeirome/nwn, oi(onei\ au)toi=s ba/qrois.
Notes (1)
- Again, with the two elements reversed, at alpha 4465.↩
The noun is more usually found with double lambda: see LSJ s.v.- 1Not in the paroemiographers.
Linked from (2)
Neighbours in Adler order
α1460Ἅμα δίδου καὶ λάμβανεgive and take at the same timeα1461ἈμάδοκοςAmadokos, Amadocusα1462Ἅμα ἔπος ἅμα ἔργονno sooner said than doneα1463Ἀμάληcorn-bundle, sheafα1464Ἅμ' ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάριςno sooner had grace shown pity than she diedα1465ἈμαζόνειονAmazoneion, Amazoneumα1466Ἀμαθέσινignorant, unaware
Revisions (6)
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