ἀθώπευτος
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A unflattered, without flattery, τῆς ἐμῆς γλώσσης from my tongue, E.Andr.459. 2 not open to flattery, δίκαι Lyc.1399, cf. Nic. Dam.p.144 D. II Act., not flattering, Telesp.44.8H.; hence, rough, rude, θήρ AP6.168 (Paul.Sil.); συρίγματα, of the Python, Pae.Delph.20; ἀδροσίη POxy.1796.17. III Adv. -τως without flattery, Them.Or.15.193d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀθώπευτος: -ον, = ἀκολάκευτος, ἄνευ κολακείας, τῆς ἐμῆς γλώσσης, ἐκ μέρους τῆς γλώσσης μου. Εὐρ. Ἀνδρ. 460. ΙΙ. ἐνεργ., ὁ μὴ κολακεύων, Τέλης παρὰ Στοβ. 524, ἐν τέλ.: ἐντεῦθεν, τραχύς, σκληρός, ἀπότομος, Ἀνθ. Π. 6, 168.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
1 non caressé, non flatté;
2 qui ne flatte pas ; rude, dur.
Étymologie: ἀ, θωπεύω.
