ἀμαλδύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ἀμαλός) Ep. (not in Od.) and Ion. word, properly, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">soften, mitigate</b>, ἐλπωρὴ ἀμαλδύνει κακότητα <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.401</span>; but in early Ep. <b class="b2">crush, destroy</b>, τεῖχος ἀμαλδῦναι <span class="bibl">Il.12.18</span>; <b class="b2">bring low</b>, συμφορὰ ἐσθλὸν ἀμαλδύνει <span class="bibl">B.13.3</span>; <b class="b2">put an end to</b>, τὴν διὰ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ πνοήν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>17</span>; <b class="b2">use up, squander</b>, χρήματα <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.59</span>; <b class="b2">weaken</b>, ὀφθαλμούς <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>2.174:—Pass., ὥς κεν . . τεῖχος ἀμαλδύνηται <span class="bibl">Il.7.463</span>; ἀμαλδυνθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>380</span>; ὄμματα ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span> 2.201</span>; ἀ. ἡ δίοδος τῆς γονῆς Id.<span class="title">Genit.</span>2; ἀμαλδυνθεῖσα χρόνῳ περικαλλέα μορφήν <span class="title">AP</span>6.18 (Jul.); <b class="b2">neglect, waste</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr.202</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">conceal, disguise</b>, εἶδος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.834</span>; <b class="b2">efface</b>, στίβον <span class="bibl">Id.4.112</span>.</span>