Ἀτέραμνον
tough
Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Mar 2002Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] hard, difficult to alter.1 [One should say] a)tera/mones ["tough men"], not a)te/ramnoi . And the singular a)tera/mwn , not a)te/ramnos . And o)/spria a)tera/mona ["tough pulses"], not a)te/ramna .2 Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes]: "tough men, Marathon-battlers, [tough as] maple wood."3 Also [sc. attested is] a)tera/mwn [meaning] tireless.4
Hard.
Aelian [writes]: "but he, being tough, rejected the gift."5
"There was no one so tough and barbarian at heart who did not obey and hearken unto the words streaming from that holy mouth."6
Hard.
Aelian [writes]: "but he, being tough, rejected the gift."5
"There was no one so tough and barbarian at heart who did not obey and hearken unto the words streaming from that holy mouth."6