ἀμενηνός
ἀμενην-ός [
ᾰ], also
ή,
όν Opp. H. 2.58 :(
ἀ- priv.,
μένος):—poet. Adj., in
Hom. chiefly of ghosts or shades,
A). fleeting, νεκύων ἀ. κάρηνα Od. 10.521 , al.; of dreams,
19.562 ; of one wounded,
ἀ. ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι Il. 5.887 ;
Πυγμαῖοι Hes. Oxy. 1358.18 ; rare in Trag. (alw. lyr.),
ἀ. ἀνήρ, of Ajax,
S. Aj. 890 ;
νεκύων ἀ. ἄγαλμα E. Tr. 193 .
3). in physical sense,
feeble, weak, ἰσχνοῖσι καὶ ἀμενηνοῖσι Hp. Prorrh. 2.30 ;
ἀ. φωνή Arist. Pr. 899a30 ;
οἱ ἄκεντροι σφῆκες .. ἀμενηνότεροι Id. HA 628b4 , cf.
Ti.Locr. 100c ;
ὕδωρ -ότατον πάντων Arr. Ind. 6.3 ;
ἀ. κλῆμα, φῦλλον, Thphr. CP 3.14.5 ,
HP 3.9.1 ;
σπερμάτιον 4.12.2 ( Comp.);
πῦρ Ph. 2.564 ;
faint, shadowy, ὄναρ Them. Or. 21.263c :—neut. as Adv.,
feebly, faintly, ἀμενηνὸν φθέγγεσθαι Arist. Pr. 899a31 ;
δρᾶν Philostr.Jun. Im. 17 ;
ἀμενηνὰ φαείνειν Arat. 905 . Regul.Adv.
-νῶς Agathem. ap.
Gal. 8.938 .
II). (as if from
ἀ- priv.,
μένω)
not permanent, κατηγορίαι Simp. inPh. 832.12 .
ShortDef
powerless, fleeting, feeble
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀμενηνός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αμενηνος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-5153
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμενην-ός</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ᾰ], </span> also <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 2.58 </a>:(<span class="foreign greek">ἀ-</span> priv., <span class="foreign greek">μένος</span>):—poet. Adj., in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> chiefly of ghosts or shades, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fleeting,</span> <span class="quote greek">νεκύων ἀ. κάρηνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:521" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.521/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.521 </a> , al.; of dreams, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:562" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.562/canonical-url/"> 19.562 </a>; of one wounded, <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:887" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.887/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.887 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Πυγμαῖοι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oxy.</span> 1358.18 </span> ; rare in Trag. (alw. lyr.), <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἀνήρ,</span> of Ajax, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:890" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:890/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 890 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νεκύων ἀ. ἄγαλμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 193 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of men in general, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fleeting, feeble,</span> <span class="quote greek">φῦλ’ ἀ. ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:352" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:352/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 352 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκιοειδέα φῦλ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:686" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:686/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 686 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in physical sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feeble, weak,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἰσχνοῖσι καὶ ἀμενηνοῖσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg016:2:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg016:2.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prorrh.</span> 2.30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. φωνή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 899a30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἄκεντροι σφῆκες .. ἀμενηνότεροι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:628b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:628b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 628b4 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:100c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:100c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ti.Locr.</span> 100c </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὕδωρ -ότατον πάντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002:6.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ind.</span> 6.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. κλῆμα, φῦλλον,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:14:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:14:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.14.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:9:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:9:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.9.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σπερμάτιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:12:2/canonical-url/"> 4.12.2 </a> ( Comp.); <span class="quote greek">πῦρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.564/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.564 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">faint, shadowy,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὄναρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg021:263c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg021:263c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 21.263c </a> :—neut. as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feebly, faintly,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀμενηνὸν φθέγγεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 899a31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δρᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0652.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.Jun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμενηνὰ φαείνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:905" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:905/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 905 </a> . Regul.Adv. <span class="quote greek">-νῶς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agathem.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 8.938 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> (as if from <span class="foreign greek">ἀ-</span> priv., <span class="foreign greek">μένω</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not permanent,</span> <span class="quote greek">κατηγορίαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inPh.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:832:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:832.12/canonical-url/"> 832.12 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}