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|Full diacritics=ἀμαιμάκετος
|Medium diacritics=ἀμαιμάκετος
|Low diacritics=αμαιμάκετος
|Capitals=ΑΜΑΙΜΑΚΕΤΟΣ
|Transliteration A=amaimáketos
|Transliteration B=amaimaketos
|Transliteration C=amaimaketos
|Beta Code=a)maima/ketos
|Definition=η, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>207</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">irresistible</b>, old Ep. word, also in Lyr. and Trag. (lyr.); of Chimaera, <span class="bibl">Il.6.179</span>, <span class="bibl">16.329</span>; of fire vomited by her, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>319</span>; of fire generally, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>177</span>; <b class="b3">θάλασσα, πόντος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>207</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.14</span>; of ship's mast, proof against any strain, <span class="bibl">Od.14.311</span>; of the trident, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).37</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. μένος, κινηθμός</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.33</span>, <span class="bibl">4.208</span>; νεῖκος <b class="b2">stubborn</b>, <span class="bibl">B.10.64</span>; of the Furies, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>127</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. βυθοῖς</b> in <b class="b2">unfathomable</b> depths, <span class="title">IG</span>3.900. [Usu. derived fr. <b class="b3">ἀ</b>- intens., <b class="b3">μαιμάω</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">furious;</b> but apptly. connected with <b class="b3">ἄμαχος</b> by Poets.]</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0114.png Seite 114]] η, ον, sehr lang; das erste α ist intens. (oder euphon.), μαι ist eine nicht ungewöhnliche Art von Reduplication, μάκετος verhält sich zu [[μακρός]], [[μῆκος]], wie [[πάχετος]] Od. 8, 187. 23, 191 zu [[παχύς]], [[πάχος]], [[πῆχυς]]; vgl. [[περιμήκετος]] Iliad. 14, 287 Od. 6, 103; Hom. dreimal, Od. 14, 311 ἱστὸν ἀμαιμάκετον [[νηός]], Iliad. 6, 179. 16, 329 Χίμαιραν ἀμαιμακέτην; nämlich der Leib des Ungethüms ist wirklich sehr lang, 6, 181 [[πρόσθε]] [[λέων]], ὄπιθεν δὲ [[δράκων]], μέσση δὲ [[χίμαιρα]]; Homer setzt hinzu δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα πυρὸς [[μένος]] αἰθομένοιο; dies mißverstand Hesiod., als sei es Erklärung des ἀμαιμακέτην, u. sagt deshalb Th. 319 Χίμαιραν ἔτικτε, πνέουσαν ἀμαιμάκετον πῦρ; sodann bezeichnete man durch das Wort alles Große, Furchtbare, Gewaltige; man stellte eine Etymologie = [[ἄμαχος]] auf, unbezwinglich; Pind. [[πόντος]] P. 1, 14 (vgl. βύθοι Anth. App. 234); [[τριόδους]] I. 7. 35; [[μένος]] P. 3, 33; κινηθμὸς πετρᾶν P. 4, 308; Soph. πῦρ O. R. 177 ch., die Eumeniden O. C. 127 ch.; βασιλῆες Orph. Arg. 518; [[κρᾶς]] ταύρου Ant. Sid. 115 (VI, 18); öfter sp. Ep.; θήρ Theocr. 25, 258.
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