Ἀμαθέστερος

more ignorant, rather ignorant

Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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Also [sc. attested] is a)maqh/s; meaning uneducated and unprepared; Plato [sc. uses the word].¹ It is also applied to one who is poorly educated and to someone not educated who understands by instinct.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμαθέστερος. καὶ Ἀμαθής· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπαίδευτος καὶ ἀκόσμητος· Πλάτων. τάσσεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δυσμαθοῦς καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μὴ μαθόντος, φύσει δὲ ἐπισταμένου.

Betacode

*)amaqe/steros. kai\ *)amaqh/s: a)nti\ tou= a)pai/deutos kai\ a)ko/smhtos: *pla/twn. ta/ssetai de\ kai\ e)pi\ tou= dusmaqou=s kai\ e)pi\ tou= mh\ maqo/ntos, fu/sei de\ e)pistame/nou.

Notes (1)

The unglossed headword is the comparative (masculine nominative singular) of the adjective featured in the body of the entry (which is also in Photius); cf. already alpha 1466 and again alpha 1469.
In Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon both a)maqe/steros and a)maqh/s share this glossing, which suggests that a)maqe/steros also (cf. below) comes from Plato; if so, from Republic 409D.
1Plato, Apology 22E. ↩

Neighbouring entries

α1465ἈμαζόνειονAmazoneion, Amazoneum α1466Ἀμαθέσινignorant, unaware α1467Ἀμαθέστεροςmore ignorant, rather ignorant α1468Ἀμαθείignorantly, stupidly α1469Ἀμαθήςunlearned, ignorant

Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Dec 2014

21 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
12 Mar 2012typo — Catharine Roth
11 Feb 2012augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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