ἀμίς

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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5
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Transliteration A: amís Transliteration B: amis Transliteration C: amis Beta Code: a)mi/s

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ,

   A chamber-pot, Hp.Loc.Hom.47, Ar.V.935, Th.633, etc., f.l. in A.Supp.842; prov., σιτία εἰς ἀμίδα μὴ ἐμβάλλειν 'cast not pearls before swine', Plu.2.12f; ἐς τὴν ἀμίδα ἐνουρεῖν 'to be suitably treated' (in contempt), Luc.Merc.Cond.4. (ἁμ- Ar.Fr.41 D.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 125] od. ἁμίς (Lex. spir. p. 210), ίδος, ἡ, Nachttopf, Ar. Th. 633; vgl. Eupol. Ath. I, 17 e; Dem. 54, 4. – Bei Aesch. Suppl. 822. 827 ch. ἐπ' ἀμίδα, wofür schon VLL. ἀμάδα gelesen haben, Kahn, Nachen; Herm. will es als ein anderes Wort mit langem α ansehen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμίς: -ίδος, ἡ, οὐροδοχεῖον, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 935, Θεσμ. 633: - τὸ ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 842 εἶναι ἐφθαρμένον, ἴδε ἐν λέξ. ἅμαλα.