ἀμαιμάκετος: Difference between revisions

|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> [[irresistible]], 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 [[stubborn]], <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 [[unfathomable]] 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>

|etymtx=(<b class="b3">-η</b>), -ον<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: Homeric epithet of unknown meaning (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. For connections with <b class="b3">μακρός</b>, <b class="b3">μαιμάω</b>, <b class="b3">μάχομαι</b>, prob. all to be rejected, s. Bechtel Lex., Debrunner GGA 1910, 12). - One might think of a Pre-Greek word, <b class="b2">*a-mai-mak-eto-</b> (with proth. vowel, redupl.)?