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|strgr=from a presumed derivative of [[μέμφομαι]] and moira ([[fate]]; [[akin]] to the [[base]] of [[μέρος]]); [[blaming]] [[fate]], i.e. [[querulous]] ([[discontented]]): complainer. | |strgr=from a presumed derivative of [[μέμφομαι]] and moira ([[fate]]; [[akin]] to the [[base]] of [[μέρος]]); [[blaming]] [[fate]], i.e. [[querulous]] ([[discontented]]): complainer. | ||
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|txtha=μεμψιμοιρον ([[μέμφομαι]], and [[μοῖρα]] [[fate]], [[lot]]), [[complaining]] of [[one]]'s [[lot]], [[querulous]], [[discontented]]: Isocrates, p. 234c. (p. 387, Lange edition); [[Aristotle]], h. a. 9,1 (p. 608b, 10); Theophrastus, [[char]]. 17,1; Lucian, [[dial]]. deor. 20,4; [[Plutarch]], de ira cohib. c. 13.) | |||
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Revision as of 18:08, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
ον,
A faultfinding, criticizing, querulous, Isoc. 12.8, Thphr.Char.17.2, Phld.Lib.p.42 O., Ep.Jud.16, Luc.Tim.13, etc.; τὸ μ. Plu.2.50b: Comp., γυνὴ ἀνδρὸς -ότερον Arist.HA608b10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 130] der über sein Schicksal klagt, mit seinem Loose nicht zufrieden ist, der immer klagt, verdrießlich ist; vom Alter Isocr. 12, 8 δυσάρεστον, μικρολόγον, μεμψίμοιρον, ὥςτε πολλάκις ἤδη τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ κατεμεμψάμην; Sp. oft, wie Luc. bis accus. 2 Tim. 13. Eine Comödie des Antidotus hieß ἡ μ., Ath. XIV, 656 e. – Adv., Poll. 3, 139.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μεμψίμοιρος: -ον, ὁ μεμφόμενος τὴν μοῖράν του, «παραπονιάρης», Ἰσοκρ. 234C, Λουκ. Τίμ. 13, κτλ.· συγκρ. -ότερος, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 1, 7. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «μεμψίμοιρος· μεμφόμενος τὸ ἀγαθόν· ἢ φιλεγκλήμων, ἢ φιλαίτιος».
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui se plaint de son sort.
Étymologie: μέμφομαι, μοῖρα.
English (Strong)
from a presumed derivative of μέμφομαι and moira (fate; akin to the base of μέρος); blaming fate, i.e. querulous (discontented): complainer.
English (Thayer)
μεμψιμοιρον (μέμφομαι, and μοῖρα fate, lot), complaining of one's lot, querulous, discontented: Isocrates, p. 234c. (p. 387, Lange edition); Aristotle, h. a. 9,1 (p. 608b, 10); Theophrastus, char. 17,1; Lucian, dial. deor. 20,4; Plutarch, de ira cohib. c. 13.)
