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Ἐχεμυθία · keeping quiet, reserve (ε 3987) · Suda

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Near ε3987

ε3983Echedemos, Echedemus
ε3984heaped
ε3985Echekratidas
ε3986holds his peace
ε3987keeping quiet, reserve
ε3988confidential, reserved
ε3989most reserved, very reserved
ε3990ship-securing
ε3991ship-securer

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3987

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Ἐχεμυθία

keeping quiet, reserve

Translated by Ryan Stone6 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
religion

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] silence, mysteries.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐχεμυθία· σιωπή, μυστήρια.

Betacode

*)exemuqi/a: siwph/, musth/ria.

Notes

Same or similar entry in other lexica.
cf. epsilon 3986, epsilon 3988, epsilon 3989.

Linked from3 entries

ε3986Ἐχεμυθεῖholds his peace[Meaning] he holds the speech [with]in himself.
ε3988Ἐχέμυθονconfidential, reserved[Referring to] a secret mystery, or a wise [person]. "He [Isidore] was reserved for the most part and a person of hidden thoughts, but he had poured out his whole soul towards the common increase of virtue and the…
ε3989Ἐχεμυθότατοςmost reserved, very reserved[Meaning] he who is most/very prudent/sensible.

Neighbouring entries

ε3985ἘχεκρατίδαςEchekratidas ε3986Ἐχεμυθεῖholds his peace ε3987Ἐχεμυθίαkeeping quiet, reserve ε3988Ἐχέμυθονconfidential, reserved ε3989Ἐχεμυθότατοςmost reserved, very reserved

Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Mar 2016

22 Mar 2016Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
7 Feb 2008notes; another keyword; tweak — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2008Translated — Ryan Stone

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐχεμυθία (Adler number epsilon 3987), trans. Ryan Stone, 6 Feb 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3987

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