Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

ὑπομειδιάω

From LSJ
Revision as of 14:25, 9 January 2019 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (1b)

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: ὑπομειδιάω Medium diacritics: ὑπομειδιάω Low diacritics: υπομειδιάω Capitals: ΥΠΟΜΕΙΔΙΑΩ
Transliteration A: hypomeidiáō Transliteration B: hypomeidiaō Transliteration C: ypomeidiao Beta Code: u(pomeidia/w

English (LSJ)

   A smile a little or gently, Anacreont.27A.14, Phld.Vit. p.31 J., Plu.Dio20, Hld.7.10, Alciphr.3.3, etc.; ὑ. σαρδάνιον Plb.18.7.6.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1225] ein wenig od. heimlich lächeln, anfangen zu lächeln; Pol. 17, 7,6; Anacr. 27, 14; πρὸς ἐμέ Alciphr. 3, 3; Luc. rhet. praec. 22.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑπομειδιάω: μειδιῶ ἁπαλῶς, χαμογελῶ, Ἀνακρεόντ. 29. 14, Πλούτ. κλπ.· ὑπ. Σαρδόνιον Πολύβ. 17. 7, 6.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
sourire doucement ou à la dérobée.
Étymologie: ὑπό, μειδιάω.

Greek Monotonic

ὑπομειδιάω: χαμογελώ λιγάκι ή ελαφρά, απαλά, σε Ανακρεόντ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὑπομειδιάω: слегка улыбаться, усмехаться Anacr., Plut., Luc.: ὁ δὲ ὑπομειδιάσας σαρδάνιον ἀπεσιώπησε Polyb. сардонически улыбнувшись, он умолк.

Middle Liddell


to smile a little or gently, Anacreont.