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Ἀβίωτον · unlivable (α 49) · Suda

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α45Abimelech
α46Abinna, Abila
α47full-lived
α48Abioud, Abihud
α49unlivable
α50unlivable
α51Abisak, Abishag
α52Abisaros, Abisareis
α53Abitos, Abitus

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Ἀβίωτον

unlivable

Translated by Anne Mahoney26 Aug 1998Vetting: high9 revisions

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2 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning something] bad [and] annoying, painful.¹
"He found it an unlivable situation if he could not control the city".²
Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)bi/wtos, he who is not alive.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀβίωτον· κακὸν ἀηδὲς, ὀδυνηρόν. ὁ δὲ ἀβιώτως εἶχεν, εἰ μὴ κρατήσοι τῆς πόλεως. καὶ Ἀβίωτος, ὁ μὴ ζῶν.

Betacode

*)abi/wton: kako\n a)hde\s, o)dunhro/n. o( de\ a)biw/tws ei)=xen, ei) mh\ krath/soi th=s po/lews. kai\ *)abi/wtos, o( mh\ zw=n.

Notes (2)

[1] Same material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha39 Theodoridis. The headword -- shown by the glossing to be neuter nominative/accusative singular rather than masculine accusative singular -- is evidently quoted from somewhere. The possibilities are numerous. (Latte on Hesychius s.v. confidently asserts Euripides, Alcestis 242.)
2Quotation unidentifiable -- but perhaps from Plutarch, who has several instances of the idiom a)biw/tws e)/xein. ↩
3For this word see also alpha 50.

Linked from1 entry

α50Ἀβίωτοςunlivable*polubi/wtos ['full of life'], makrobi/wtos ['long-lived'], biwtiko/s ['alive'] [have omega]; except for bi/otos ['life'], bioth/ ['life'], and the verb bioteu/w ['I live'].

Neighbouring entries

α47Ἄβιοςfull-lived α48ἈβιούδAbioud, Abihud α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable α50Ἀβίωτοςunlivable α51ἈβισάκAbisak, Abishag

Revision history9 revisions · last 16 Aug 2013

16 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Feb 2012expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2011Revised — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2004restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Jan 2001Revised — David Whitehead
30 Jan 2001added note and keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2001Added note — William Hutton
29 Jan 2001Added headword, modified translation, raised status — William Hutton
26 Aug 1998Translated — Anne Mahoney

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀβίωτον (Adler number alpha 49), trans. Anne Mahoney, 26 Aug 1998. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/49

Translation by Anne Mahoney for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗