Ἀκριτόμυθος

confusedly-speaking

Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝4 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] loquacious, prone to rash words.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκριτόμυθος· πολύλογος, ἀκρίτους ἔχων τοὺς λόγους.

Betacode

*)akrito/muqos: polu/logos, a)kri/tous e)/xwn tou\s lo/gous.

Notes

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha847 Theodoridis. The headword adjective occurs first in Homer, Iliad 2.246 (where it is applied to Thersites by Odysseus: web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α988Ἄκριταunceasing [things]α989Ἀκριτίjudgmentlessly α990Ἀκριτόμυθοςconfusedly-speaking α991Ἄκριτοςindiscriminate α992Ἀκριτόφυλλονindistinguishably-leaved

Revision history5 revisions · last 20 May 2015

20 May 2015Revised — David Whitehead
19 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Apr 2012changed link — Catharine Roth
31 Jan 2012expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 May 2000Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝