ἀμαθής
ἀμαθ-ής,
ές,(
μαθεῖν)
A). ignorant, stupid, Hdt. 1.33 ,
Democr. 169 , etc.;
ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα Hdt. 4.46 ;
ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ. E. Supp. 421 , al.,
Ar. Nu. 135 ;
ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός Id. Eq. 193 ;
ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων And. 2.2 ;
ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν Pl. Ap. 22e ; opp.
δεξιός, Th. 3.82 ; of animals, such as wild boars,
unmanageable, θυμώδη καὶ ἀ. Arist. HA 488b14 : c. gen. rei,
without knowledge of a thing,
unlearned in it,
-έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ E. Or. 417 ;
λῃστείας Th. 4.41 , cf.
3.37 ;
ἀ. περί τινος Pl. Erx. 394e ;
τι La. 194d ;
πρός τι Lg. 679d . Adv.
-θῶς ignorantly, through ignorance, ἥμαρτον E. Ph. 874 : Comp.
-έστερον, τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαι to be educated
with too little learning to despise the laws,
Th. 1.84 ;
-έστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον less learnedly, Ar. Ra. 1445 .
b). of moral defects,
unfeeling, inhuman, ἀ. τις εἶ θεός E. HF 347 .
II). not heard of, unknown, ἀ. ἔρρει E. Ion 916 . Adv.
ἀμαθῶς, χωρῆσαι, of events, to take
an unforeseen course, Th. 1.140 .
ShortDef
unlearned, ignorant, stupid, boorish
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀμαθής
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αμαθης
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-4859
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμαθ-ής</span>, <span class="itype greek">ές</span>,(<span class="etym greek">μαθεῖν</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ignorant, stupid,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 169 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.46 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:421" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:421/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 421 </a> , al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 135 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 193 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 2.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 22e </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">δεξιός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.82 </a>; of animals, such as wild boars, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unmanageable,</span> <span class="quote greek">θυμώδη καὶ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 488b14 </a> : c. gen. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without knowledge of</span> a thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unlearned in</span> it, <span class="quote greek">-έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 417 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λῃστείας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.41 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.37/canonical-url/"> 3.37 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:394e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:394e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Erx.</span> 394e </a> ; <span class="itype greek">τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:194d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:194d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">La.</span> 194d </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:679d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:679d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 679d </a> . Adv. <span class="foreign greek">-θῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ignorantly, through ignorance,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἥμαρτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:874" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:874/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 874 </a> : Comp. <span class="foreign greek">-έστερον, τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαι</span> to be educated <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with too little learning</span> to despise the laws, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.84 </a>; <span class="quote greek">-έστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less learnedly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1445/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1445 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of moral defects, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unfeeling, inhuman,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τις εἶ θεός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:347" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:347/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 347 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of things, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. παρρησία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">boorish</span> freedom of speech, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:905" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:905/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 905 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ῥώμη</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brute</span> force, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 732 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. δύναμις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demetr.</span> 42 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. φρόνημα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">barbarous</span> pride, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 459 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not heard of, unknown,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ἔρρει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:916" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:916/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 916 </a> . Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμαθῶς, χωρῆσαι,</span> of events, to take <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an unforeseen course,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.140 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}