ἀμιχθαλόεις
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
εσσα, εν,
A = ἄμικτος 111, inhospitable, epith. of Lemnos in Il.24.753, h.Ap.36: otherwise expl. as smoky, from the volcano Mosychlos, cf. ὁμίχλη. (Cypr. acc. to Sch. Il. l.c.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμιχθαλόεις: εσσα, εν, (μίγνυμι, μιχθῆναι) ἐπίθετ. τῆς Λήμνου ἐν Ἰλ. Ω. 753, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 36, ἀπροσπέλαστος, ἀπρόσιτος, ἄξενος ὡς τὸ ἄμικτος ΙΙΙ, τῆς ὁποῖας λέξεως φαίνεται ὅτι εἶναι ἕτερος τύπος ἐκτεταμένος· ἄλλοι ἐσφαλμένως ἑρμηνεύουσιν αὐτὴν ὁμιχλώδης.
French (Bailly abrégé)
όεσσα, όεν;
obscurci par la fumée ; sel. d’autres sans communication, inabordable ; inhospitalier.
Étymologie: ἀ, μίγνυμι.
English (Autenrieth)
εσσα: smoky, hazy; epith. of Lemnos, which is a volcanic island, Il. 24.753†.
