Πημονή

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Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jul 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] harm.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πημονή· ἡ βλάβη.

Betacode

*phmonh/: h( bla/bh.

Notes

Tragedic feminine noun, related to ph=ma (pi 1518); and cf. generally pi 1519, pi 1520, pi 1522.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars.

Linked from1 entry

π1518Πῆμαcalamity[Meaning an] evil, harm, misfortune. Sophocles [writes]: "do not, by giving evil as a remedy for evil, set the calamity more than the infatuation." The sequence [of thought is]: lest by giving evil as a remedy for evil,…

Neighbouring entries

π1521Πῆ μένwhich way π1522Πημήνειανthey would afflict π1523Πημονήwoe π1524ΠηνέλεωςPeneleos π1525ΠηνελόπειαPenelopeia

Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Oct 2013

3 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Sep 2011x-refs etc.; more keywords — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2004Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jul 2004Translated — Catharine Roth