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Ἀμβλώσκειν · to cause to miscarry (α 1525) · Suda

Letters

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 α1525

α1521I gush forth, I spout up
α1522amblision
α1523they induce miscarriage
α1524abortive children
α1525to cause to miscarry
α1526blunt
α1527dim-sighted
α1528I blunt
α1529is dim-sighted, has weak sight

Suda/Α alpha/α1525

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Ἀμβλώσκειν

to cause to miscarry

Translated by Ekaterini Tsalampouni13 Jun 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

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2 notes · 23 words

Translation

[a)mblw/skein] and a)mblw=sai¹ and e)camblw=sai:² the [verb, in all in three instances, which means] to beget an incomplete [child], to destroy a foetus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμβλώσκειν καὶ Ἀμβλῶσαι καὶ Ἐξαμβλῶσαι, τὸ ἀτελὲς γεννῆσαι, τὸ φθεῖραι βρέφος.

Betacode

*)amblw/skein kai\ *)amblw=sai kai\ *)ecamblw=sai, to\ a)tele\s gennh=sai, to\ fqei=rai bre/fos.

Notes (2)

cf. alpha 1523, alpha 1524.
1Aorist infinitive of the same verb, a)mblw/skw. ↩
2Compound version of the same verb, again in the aorist infinitive; cf. 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…
α1524Ἀμβλωθρίδιαabortive children[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].

Neighbouring entries

α1523Ἀμβλίσκουσινthey induce miscarriage α1524Ἀμβλωθρίδιαabortive children α1525Ἀμβλώσκεινto cause to miscarry α1526Ἀμβλύblunt α1527Ἀμβλυωπίαςdim-sighted

Revision history8 revisions · last 16 Jun 2015

16 Jun 2015 — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2008another keyword — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2008cosmetics — Catharine Roth
17 Jul 2002added cross-references — Catharine Roth
7 Jul 2002added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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13 Jun 2000Translated — Ekaterini Tsalampouni

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμβλώσκειν (Adler number alpha 1525), trans. Ekaterini Tsalampouni, 13 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1525

Translation by Ekaterini Tsalampouni 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 ↗