α4075Ἀρχαῖος
simple
Meaning naive. Plato [sc. uses the word in this sense]. Or [talking?] nonsense. But [the related adverb] a)rxai/ws [means] carelessly, unobservantly; or even foolishly, naively. "[They] humming tunes…
Ἀρχαῖος· ἀντὶ τοῦ εὐήθης. Πλάτων. ἢ λῆρος. Ἀρχαίως δὲ ἀπραγμόνως, ἀπαρατηρήτως· ἢ καὶ ἠλιθίως, εὐήθως. μινυρίζοντες μέλη ἀρχαιομελισιδωνοφρυνιχήρατα.
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