Ἀαδεῖν

to disturb

Translated by Anne Mahoney21 Aug 1998Vetting: high13 revisions

1 note · 15 words

[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly,¹ to go hungry.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀαδεῖν· ὀχλεῖν, ἀπορεῖν, ἀδικεῖσθαι, ἀσιτεῖν.

Betacode

*)aadei=n: o)xlei=n, a)porei=n, a)dikei=sqai, a)sitei=n.

Same entry in other lexica: Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (2.14), Hesychius alpha10, Photius alpha5 Theodoridis, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 1.15. The headword is otherwise unattested -- and the range of active and passive meanings suggests that the lexicographers may have been guessing at a meaning, perhaps on the basis of the (not improbable, but see Chantraine s.v. a)ada) etymology of a-privative + a(d- ('please', 'delight').