ἀμαιμάκετος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>207</span>:—<span class="sense">&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. [[ἀ]]- intens., [[μαιμάω]], i. e. <b class="b2">furious;</b> but apptly. connected with [[ἄμαχος]] by Poets.]</span>