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Ἀδωρότατος · most incorruptible, very incorruptible (α 507) · Suda

Letters

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 α507

α503unjostled, unshaken
α504is disgraceful
α505utter improbabilities, very improbable [things]
α506non-deployment
α507most incorruptible, very incorruptible
α508unskinnedly
α509skin
α510Hades' helmet
α511Addo

Suda/Α alpha/α507

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Ἀδωρότατος

most incorruptible, very incorruptible

Translated by Sean M. Redmond21 Oct 1999Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] he who is not a taker of bribes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀδωρότατος· ὁ μὴ δωρολήπτης ὤν.

Betacode

*)adwro/tatos: o( mh\ dwrolh/pths w)/n.

Notes

cf. the scholia to Thucydides 2.65.8 (web address 1), where this superlative is famously used of Pericles (pi 1179, etc.).
See also under delta 455, pi 2474.
(The entry is out of alphabetical order.)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α505Ἀδοξόταταutter improbabilities, very improbable [things]α506Ἀδορατίαnon-deployment α507Ἀδωρότατοςmost incorruptible, very incorruptible α508Ἀδορείunskinnedly α509Ἄδοροςskin

Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Apr 2015

26 Apr 2015more notes — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2013modified link, tweaked note — Catharine Roth
11 Jan 2012expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2001added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Oct 1999Translated — Sean M. Redmond

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀδωρότατος (Adler number alpha 507), trans. Sean M. Redmond, 21 Oct 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/507

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