ἀγαθίς
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ [ῐ Hdn.Gr.2.18],
A ball of thread, Pherecyd.148J., Aen.Tact.31.19, Orib.Fr.57, etc.; ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες, prov., quantities of goods, Com.Adesp.827. II=σησαμίς, Hsch., Eust.1366.33.
German (Pape)
[Seite 5] ῖδος, ἡ, das Knäul, VLL., die aus den com. ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθῖδες anführen, ἐπὶ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγᾰθίς: -ίδος, [ῐ Δρακ. 23], ἡ, δέσμη, κουβάρι, σφαῖρα νήματος, Φερεκύδ. 106· - ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες, παροιμ. = ἐπὶ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν. Κωμ. ἐν Α. Β. 9, Πολυδ. 7. 31. (Παρὰ Σουΐδ. ἀντ’ ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες, παροιμ. ἐπὶ τῶν εὖ πασχόντων ἀνθ’ ὧν εὐηργέτησαν πρότερον. 2) = σησαμίς, Ἡσύχ. Εὐστάθ.)
Spanish (DGE)
-ίδος, ἡ
1 ovillo Pherecyd.148, λίνου Aen.Tact.31.19, cf. Orib.Ec.56.3
•fig. ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες Com.Adesp.796.
2 torta de sésamo hecha con mezcla de miel, Hsch., Eust.1166.32.
3 bot. mejorana, amáraco, Origanum majorana L., Ps.Dsc.3.39.
Frisk Etymological English
-ίδος 1.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: ball of thread (Pherekyd.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: No etym. Cf. ἀγαθίς 2.
-ίδος 2. Meaning: = σησαμίς H.; σησαμίς = σησαμῆ a mixture of sesam seeds, roasted and pounded with honey, an Athenian delicacy given to guests at a wedding. Note the expression ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες quantities of goods.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Belardi Ric. lingu. 4 (1959) 196 compared γάθια. ἀλλάντια H. (s. ἀλλᾶς). If correct, Pre-Greek. Cf. γήθυον.
