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Ἀχαριστεῖν · to be ungrateful (α 4674) · Suda

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α4670yawning sea
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α4674to be ungrateful
α4675to be ungrateful
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Ἀχαριστεῖν

to be ungrateful

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 38 words

Translation

[Meaning] not to show gratitude.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)xari/stws ["ungratefully"], [meaning] not thanking.
Xenophon [writes]: "for I suppose that you would not behave ungratefully to me, neither you nor the rest of all Greece."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀχαριστεῖν· μὴ χαρίζεσθαι. καὶ Ἀχαρίστως, τὸ μὴ εὐχαριστεῖν. Ξενοφῶν· οἶμαι γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἂν ἀχαρίστως ἐμοὶ ἔχειν οὔτε πρὸς ὑμῶν οὔτε πρὸς τῆς ἄλλης πάσης Ἑλλάδος.

Betacode

*)axaristei=n: mh\ xari/zesqai. kai\ *)axari/stws, to\ mh\ eu)xaristei=n. *cenofw=n: oi)=mai ga\r o(/ti ou)k a)\n a)xari/stws e)moi\ e)/xein ou)/te pro\s u(mw=n ou)/te pro\s th=s a)/llhs pa/shs *(ella/dos.

Notes (2)

Same verb again at alpha 4675.
1Likewise in Hesychius and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; perhaps quoted from Plato, Symposium 186C. ↩
2An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.18 (web address 1 below). For the adverb, see also alpha 4676.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

α4675Ἀχαριστεῖνto be ungrateful[Meaning] not to show gratitude. So Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)xaristh=sai, [meaning] not to show gratitude or be helpful.
α4676ἈχαρίστωςungraciouslyXenophon [writes]: "Cyrus led the Lydian prisoners, and those he saw making themselves look good and trying to please him he let [remain] with their weapons; but those he saw following ungraciously, he gave their horses…
ε3818ΕὐχαριστῶI favour, I oblige, I thank[Used] with a dative.

Neighbouring entries

α4672Ἄχαριharsh α4673Ἄχαριharsh α4674Ἀχαριστεῖνto be ungrateful α4675Ἀχαριστεῖνto be ungrateful α4676Ἀχαρίστωςungraciously

Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Dec 2014

24 Dec 2014coding, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
9 May 2012another note; more keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2002added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
6 Jun 2001added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀχαριστεῖν (Adler number alpha 4674), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 5 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4674

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 ↗