Ἄμβροτα
immortal [things]
Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Jul 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] divine [ones], incorruptible/eternal [ones].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄμβροτα· θεῖα, ἄφθαρτα.
Betacode
*)/ambrota: qei=a, a)/fqarta.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1170 Theodoridis. The headword is neuter nominative/accusative plural of this adjective, quoted from somewhere (probably Homer, who has 4 instances in the Iliad and another 4 in the Odyssey).
From *a-mr-to- "undying." LSJ entry at web address 1 below.
cf. alpha 92a)bro/th , beta 555broto/s ; also and more generally alpha 1537, alpha 1538, alpha 1539.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α92Ἀβρότηdivine, holy[sc. a term applied to] night. Because it is deprived [a-] of people [brotoi].
- α1538Ἀμβρόσιαιambrosial [locks][Meaning those] which no mortal can have. Homer [says]: "ambrosial locks rolled forward from the immortal head of the lord."
- α1539Ἀμβρόσιονambrosial[Meaning] divine or immortal or wondrous. Or undefiled, uncorrupted. "For the girl was some ambrosial child of Loves and Graces."
Neighbouring entries
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