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Ἀμβλωθρίδια · abortive children (α 1524) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α1524

α1520afresh, suddenly
α1521I gush forth, I spout up
α1522amblision
α1523they induce miscarriage
α1524abortive children
α1525to cause to miscarry
α1526blunt
α1527dim-sighted
α1528I blunt

Suda/Α alpha/α1524

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Ἀμβλωθρίδια

abortive children

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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23 words

Translation

[Meaning] untimely-born [ones]. Miscarried embryos. Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)mblwqri/dion↗, [meaning] both the abortive drug itself and also the destroyed [embryo].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμβλωθρίδια· ἐκτρώματα. τὰ ἐξημβλωμένα ἔμβρυα. καὶ Ἀμβλωθρίδιον, αὐτό τε τὸ φθόριον φάρμακον καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸ διαφθαρέν.

Betacode

*)amblwqri/dia: e)ktrw/mata. ta\ e)chmblwme/na e)/mbrua. kai\ *)amblwqri/dion, au)to/ te to\ fqo/rion fa/rmakon kai\ dh\ kai\ to\ diafqare/n.

Notes

Neuter plural, with same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha1161 Theodoridis); evidently quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late.
For both these senses see LSJ s.v.
cf. generally alpha 1523, alpha 1525, epsilon 1531, epsilon 1731.

Linked from2 entries

α1523Ἀμβλίσκουσινthey induce miscarriage[Meaning] they cast away. [The term] which applies to women destroying and casting out the fetuses. Plato [uses the word] in Theaetetus. Also [sc. attested are] a)mbli/skein and e)camblou=n ["to induce miscarriage" and…
α1525Ἀμβλώσκεινto cause to miscarry[a)mblw/skein] and a)mblw=sai and e)camblw=sai: the [verb, in all in three instances, which means] to beget an incomplete [child], to destroy a foetus.

Neighbouring entries

α1522Ἀμβλίσιονamblision α1523Ἀμβλίσκουσινthey induce miscarriage α1524Ἀμβλωθρίδιαabortive children α1525Ἀμβλώσκεινto cause to miscarry α1526Ἀμβλύblunt

Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Jun 2015

16 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2006augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2006added betacode and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2002added cross-references — Catharine Roth
22 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμβλωθρίδια (Adler number alpha 1524), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1524

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗