ἀβέλτερος

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κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question

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Transliteration A: abélteros Transliteration B: abelteros Transliteration C: avelteros Beta Code: a)be/lteros

English (LSJ)

ον, (α, ον Pl.Phlb.48c)

   A silly, stupid, Ar.Nu.1201, Antiph. 324, Pl.R.409c, etc.; δόξαι Polystr.p.29W.; πρός τι Anaxandr.21; ἀ. τι παθεῖν D.19.338: c. inf., ἀ. ἀντιτείνειν Hierocl. in CA10p.434M.: irreg. Comp. ἀβελτερέστερος (s.v.l.) Gal.18(2).337: Sup. -ώτατος Ar.Ra.989; of Margites, Hyp.Lyc.7. Adv. -ρως Polystr. l.c., Plu. 2.127e. (Comic formation, cf. βέλτερος.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 3] α, ον (das fem. ἀβελτέραν ἕξιν Plat. Phil. 48 c, neben ἄγνοιαν), einfältig, Ar. Nub. 1183, schol. ἀνόητος, ἀπαίδευτος, und a. com., z. B. Ggstz von ἔμφρωνAlex. Ath. XII, 562 b; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα Anaxandr. Stob. ecl. phys. 2, 1; superlat. Arist. Ran. 999; Dem. 9, 14. – Adv. Plut. de san. tu. p. 385.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀβέλτερος: -α, -ον, (Πλατ. Φιλ. 48, C), μηδαμινός, ἀνόητος, μωρός, βλάξ. Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1201. Ἀντιφ., κτλ. ― «πρός τι Ἀναξανδρ. ἐν «κανηφόρῳ», 1. ἀβ. τι παθεῖν Δημ. 449, 26: ― ὑπερθ. -ώτατος Ἀριστοφ.. Βατρ. 989. περὶ Μαργίτου Ὑπερείδ. Λυκ. 6. Ἐπίρρ. -ρως Πλουτ. 2, 531C.

French (Bailly abrégé)

α, ον :
sot, stupide.
Étymologie: DELG formation plaisante et familière sur βέλτερος, avec ἀ augmentatif : « vraiment trop bon » (ironique).
Ant. ἔμφρων.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον

• Morfología: [-α, -ον Pl.Phlb.48c; sup. -ώτατος Ar.Ra.989, compar. ἀβελτέστερον Gal.18(2).337]
1 simple, bobo τί κάθησθ' ἀβέλτεροι; Ar.Nu.1201, ἀβελτερώτατοι κεχηνότες ... καθῆντο Ar.Ra.989, cf. Ec.768, ἠλίθιος κἀβέλτερος Ar.Th.290, cf. Amphis 41, Theophil.12.2, Pl.R.309c, Μαργίτης ὁ πάντων ἀβελτερώτατος Hyp.Lyc.7, ἰατρός Gal.18(2).337, δόξαι Polystr.Contempt.30.2, πρὸς τὰ θεῖα Anaxandr.22, μηδὲν ἀβέλτερον πάθητε D.19.338, cf. Men.Sam.653
c. inf. ἀντιτείνειν Hierocl.in CA 10.
2 adv. -ως tontamente τὰ ἀ. καὶ κενῶς ... λεγόμενα las afirmaciones tonta y vanamente realizadas Polystr.Contempt.30.2, cf. Plu.2.961e, αἰσχυνόμενοι Plu.2.127e.

• Etimología: Formado sobre el compar. βέλτερος q.u., tal vez c. ἀ- intensiva y valor irónico.

Greek Monotonic

ἀβέλτερος: -α, -ον, ανώφελος, ανόητος, αφελής, μωρός, σε Αριστοφ. κ.λπ.· υπερθ. ἀβελτερώτατος, στον ίδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀβέλτερος: глупый, тупоумный Arph., Plat., Arst., Dem., Plut.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: simple, stupid (Ar.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Perhaps from βέλτερος originally morally good, then too good, simple, with unclear prefix (Wackernagel GGN (1902) 745ff.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 20, 94. Differently Osthoff MU 6, 177, Hatzidakis Glotta 11, 175f.)

Middle Liddell


good for nothing, silly, stupid, fatuous, Ar., etc.;—Sup. -ώτατος, Ar.