ἀμαλδύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ἀμαλός]]) Ep. (not in Od.) and Ion. word, properly, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[soften]], [[mitigate]], ἐλπωρὴ ἀμαλδύνει κακότητα <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.401</span>; but in early Ep. [[crush]], [[destroy]], τεῖχος ἀμαλδῦναι <span class="bibl">Il.12.18</span>; [[bring low]], συμφορὰ ἐσθλὸν ἀμαλδύνει <span class="bibl">B.13.3</span>; [[put an end to]], τὴν διὰ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ πνοήν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>17</span>; [[use up]], [[squander]], χρήματα <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.59</span>; [[weaken]], 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.); [[neglect]], [[waste]], <span class="bibl">Democr.202</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[conceal]], [[disguise]], εἶδος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.834</span>; [[efface]], στίβον <span class="bibl">Id.4.112</span>.</span>