ἀποφώλιος
ἀποφώλιος,
ον, acc. to the Ancients,
A). =
ἀνεμώλιος, μάταιος ,
empty, vain, idle, Hom. only in
Od.,
νόον ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι 8.177 ;
οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς 5.182 ;
οὐκ ἀ. ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος 14.212 ;
ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀ. εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων are not
barren, 11.249 ;
νέκυς ἀ. Opp. C. 3.447 ;
ἀποφώλια μητιόων Man. 6.565 ;
ῥέξουσ’ ἀποφώλια Orac. ap.
Jul. Ep. 89 ; of the Minotaur,
ξύμμικτον εἶδος κἀποφώλιον τρέφος a
monstrous, hybrid birth,
E. Fr. 996 ; in
Nic. Al. 524 στομίων ἀ. ἆσθμα is expld. by Sch.
χαλεπόν, but perh. there is a play on
φωλεύοντα (
φωλεός, cf.
Eust.) which occurs just before. (Perh. from
ἀποφεῖν (q.v.), cf.
ἁμαρτωλός :
ἁμαρτεῖν; Hsch. has
ἀποφώλια· ἀποφίλια (i.e.
-φύλια).)
ShortDef
empty, vain, idle, useless, fruitless
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀποφώλιος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αποφωλιος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-14272
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀποφώλιος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, acc. to the Ancients, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀνεμώλιος, μάταιος</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">empty, vain, idle,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">νόον ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.177/canonical-url/"> 8.177 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.182/canonical-url/"> 5.182 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἀ. ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.212/canonical-url/"> 14.212 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀ. εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων</span> are not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">barren,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.249/canonical-url/"> 11.249 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νέκυς ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:447" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.447/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 3.447 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀποφώλια μητιόων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:6:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:6.565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Man.</span> 6.565 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ῥέξουσ’ ἀποφώλια</span> Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg013:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg013:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 89 </a>; of the Minotaur, <span class="foreign greek">ξύμμικτον εἶδος κἀποφώλιον τρέφος</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monstrous,</span> hybrid birth, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 996 </span>; in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:524" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:524/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Al.</span> 524 </a> <span class="foreign greek">στομίων ἀ. ἆσθμα</span> is expld. by Sch. <span class="foreign greek">χαλεπόν,</span> but perh. there is a play on <span class="foreign greek">φωλεύοντα </span>(<span class="foreign greek">φωλεός,</span> cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span></span>) which occurs just before. (Perh. from <span class="foreign greek">ἀποφεῖν</span> (q.v.), cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἁμαρτωλός</span> : <span class="quote greek">ἁμαρτεῖν;</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> has <span class="foreign greek">ἀποφώλια· ἀποφίλια</span> (i.e. <span class="foreign greek">-φύλια</span>).)</div> </div><br><br>'}