Ἀεικήλιον
unsuitable, shameful
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which is indecorous.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀεικήλιον· τὸ ἀπρεπές.
Betacode
*)aeikh/lion: to\ a)prepe/s.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular -- is apparently a conflation ofa)eike/lios (see alpha 620) anda)ekh/lios (see alpha 543), which are metrically convenient variants of a poetic form ofa)eikh/s . Unlike the other two, this form could not have been used in hexameter verse.
Linked from5 entries
- α543Ἀεκήλιαunseemly[Meaning] not quiet, nor peaceful, but turbulent [ones]. One must understand this with synaloephe as a denial of [sc. being] at rest: referring to those things at which one cannot keep quiet, but, on the contrary, must…
- α620Ἀεικέλιοςunseemly, shameful, contemptible[Meaning] he who/that which is easily-despised.
- α621Ἄεικεςunalike[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."
- α622Ἀεικέστεροςmore indecorous, rather indecorous[Meaning] more/rather unsuitable.
- α623Ἀείκειαindecorousness[Meaning] unsuitability.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Apr 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo, betacode — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth