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Ἀδώνιος

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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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Full diacritics: Ἀδώνιος Medium diacritics: Ἀδώνιος Low diacritics: Αδώνιος Capitals: ΑΔΩΝΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: Adṓnios Transliteration B: Adōnios Transliteration C: Adonios Beta Code: *)adw/nios

English (LSJ)

ὁ, rare form of Ἄδωνις, Plu.2.756c.    II as Adj., ος, ον, of Adonis:—hence Ἀδώνιον, τό, a statue of him borne in the Adonia, Suid.    2 (sub. μέτρον) a kind of verse, consisting of a dactyl and spondee, Sacerd.p.516 K.    3 = Ἄδωνις 111, Plin.HN21.60.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀδώνιος: ὁ, σπάν. τύπος τοῦ Ἄδωνις, Meineke Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2. σ. 188, Πλούτ. 2. 206C. ΙΙ. ὡς ἐπίθ. -ος, -ον, τοῦ Ἀδώνιδος· ὅθεν: 1) Ἀδώνιον, τό, ἄγαλμα αὐτοῦ φερόμενον κατὰ τὰ Ἀδώνια, Σουΐδ. 2) (ἐν λ. μέτρον) εἶδος στίχου συγκειμένου ἐκ δακτύλου καὶ σπονδείου, Ἕρμαν. El. Metr. 715.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
d’Adonis ; τὰ Ἀδώνια fêtes d’Adonis.
Étymologie: Ἄδωνις.