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Ἀδημονῶν · being distressed, being troubled (α 462) · Suda

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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 α462

α458uncertainty
α459I am bewildered
α460having disguised, having obfuscated
α461distress, trouble
α462being distressed, being troubled
α463enough, to excess
α464unpremeditatedly, without malice
α465unravaged
α466undisputed

Suda/Α alpha/α462

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Ἀδημονῶν

being distressed, being troubled

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning one who is] struggling, being weary.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)dhmone/steros ["more/rather distressed"],² meaning a)gwnistikw/teros ["more/rather competitive"].
"[sc. Despite] being more distressed than necessary, he held his ground against this man."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀδημονῶν· ἀγωνιῶν, ἀκηδιῶν. καὶ Ἀδημονέστερος, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγωνιστικώτερος. ὢν δὲ τοῦ προσήκοντος ἀδημονέστερος ἀντεῖχε τούτω.

Betacode

*)adhmonw=n: a)gwniw=n, a)khdiw=n. kai\ *)adhmone/steros, a)nti\ tou= a)gwnistikw/teros. w)\n de\ tou= prosh/kontos a)dhmone/steros a)ntei=xe tou/tw.

Notes (3)

cf. generally alpha 459, alpha 461.
1Present participle of the verb a)dhmone/w (alpha 459); same or similar glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere -- probably, as suggested in Latte's Hesychius, the NT (Philippians 2.26). ↩
2Probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation which follows. ↩
3Quotation unidentifiable.

Linked from2 entries

α459ἈδημονῶI am bewilderedThe [verb that means] I am in great distress. "At first he was bewildered and dumbfounded by the present evil". Also [sc. attested is] "her being bewildered", [meaning] being at a loss.
α461Ἀδημονίαdistress, trouble[Meaning] care.

Neighbouring entries

α460Ἀδηλώσαςhaving disguised, having obfuscated α461Ἀδημονίαdistress, trouble α462Ἀδημονῶνbeing distressed, being troubled α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess α464Ἀδηνέωςunpremeditatedly, without malice

Revision history7 revisions · last 20 Apr 2015

20 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
19 Apr 2015Revised — David Whitehead
10 Jan 2012another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
13 Aug 2006augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Apr 2002added note; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2001modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀδημονῶν (Adler number alpha 462), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 19 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/462

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