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Ἀμείδητος · gloomy (α 1568) · Suda

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α1564I requite you for this
α1565exchanging
α1566exchanger
α1567gloomy
α1568gloomy
α1569merciless, unsoftened, unyielding
α1570relentless
α1571Ameinias
α1572Ameipsias, Amipsias

Suda/Α alpha/α1568

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Ἀμείδητος

gloomy

Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Aug 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning] sullen.¹
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] a)meidh/twn, [meaning] of the sullen, of the laughter-less. In the Epigrams: "even if you are ruler of the gloomy dead beneath the earth, Persephone."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμείδητος· σκυθρωπός. καὶ Ἀμειδήτων, σκυθρωπῶν, ἀγελάστων. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· εἰ καὶ ἀμειδήτων νεκύων ὑπὸ γαῖαν ἀνάσσεις, Περσεφόνη.

Betacode

*)amei/dhtos: skuqrwpo/s. kai\ *)ameidh/twn, skuqrwpw=n, a)gela/stwn. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ei) kai\ a)meidh/twn neku/wn u(po\ gai=an a)na/sseis, *persefo/nh.

Notes (1)

[1] cf. alpha 1567, eta 315.
2Greek Anthology 7.58.1 (Julian, prefect of Egypt), an epitaph for Democritus (cf. delta 447 and delta 448) .

Linked from2 entries

α1567Ἀμειδέςgloomy[Meaning something] hateful, sullen. Also [sc. attested is the masculine/feminine] a)meidh/s, [meaning] dark. And it is declined in -ous. "So soften gloomy anger, and do not prolong an evil."
ε9Ἑανῷ λιτίwith fine linenThus he called the light [fabric]. And elsewhere: "great Egypt tore her locks with a fine garment."

Neighbouring entries

α1566Ἀμειβοιδήςexchanger α1567Ἀμειδέςgloomy α1568Ἀμείδητοςgloomy α1569Ἀμείλικτονmerciless, unsoftened, unyielding α1570Ἀμείλιχοςrelentless

Revision history7 revisions · last 4 Sep 2023

4 Sep 2023augmented n.2, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
12 Aug 2023augment n.2 — Ronald Allen
16 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
16 Aug 2006another keyword — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2006added betacode and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
17 Jul 2002added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Aug 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμείδητος (Adler number alpha 1568), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 1 Aug 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1568

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