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Ἀθῷος · guiltless (α 747) · Suda

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α743Athmoneus, Athmonian
α744untroubled, un-turbid
α745Athos
α746Athonis
α747guiltless
α748unflatterable, rough
α749Athos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cow
α750indestructible
α751gaze [at]

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Ἀθῷος

guiltless

Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Dec 1999Vetting: high10 revisions

definition
ethics
imagery
law
religion

2 notes · 34 words

Translation

[Meaning] not liable to punishment.¹
"I washed my hands in guiltless things".² Meaning I kept myself guiltless, I took no part in evil.
Guiltless, then, [means] not being at fault.
Meaning going around, loquacious.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀθῷος· ἀζήμιος. ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθῴοις τὰς χεῖράς μου. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀθῷον ἐμαυτὸν ἐτήρησα, οὐκ ἐκοινώνησα τοῦ κακοῦ. Ἀθῷος οὖν ἀναίτιος. ἀντὶ τοῦ περιάγων, λάλος.

Betacode

*)aqw=|os: a)zh/mios. e)niya/mhn e)n a)qw/|ois ta\s xei=ra/s mou. a)nti\ tou= a)qw=|on e)mauto\n e)th/rhsa, ou)k e)koinw/nhsa tou= kakou=. *)aqw=|os ou)=n a)nai/tios. a)nti\ tou= peria/gwn, la/los.

Notes (2)

[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha498 Theodoridis); and cf. generally theta 422.
2Psalm 25.6 LXX. ↩
3These supplementary glosses are lacking in some mss and make little sense.

Neighbouring entries

α745ἌθωνAthos α746ἈθωνίςAthonis α747Ἀθῷοςguiltless α748Ἀθώπευτονunflatterable, rough α749Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοόςAthos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cow

Revision history10 revisions · last 15 Aug 2015

15 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
3 May 2015another keyword — David Whitehead
2 May 2015coding — Catharine Roth
19 Aug 2013 — David Whitehead
20 Jan 2012another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
11 May 2006augmented n.1 and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Jan 2001added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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23 Dec 1999Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀθῷος (Adler number alpha 747), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 23 Dec 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/747

Translation by Jennifer Benedict 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 ↗