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ἀμιχθαλόεις

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Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
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Full diacritics: ἀμιχθαλόεις Medium diacritics: ἀμιχθαλόεις Low diacritics: αμιχθαλόεις Capitals: ΑΜΙΧΘΑΛΟΕΙΣ
Transliteration A: amichthalóeis Transliteration B: amichthaloeis Transliteration C: amichthaloeis Beta Code: a)mixqalo/eis

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†.

Spanish (DGE)

(ἀμιχθᾰλόεις) -εσσα, -εν

• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
sent. dud. neblinoso o inhóspito quizá fértil de Lemnos Il.24.753, h.Ap.36, ἀήρ Call.Fr.18.8, Colluth.208, cf. Apollon.Lex.342, Sch.Il.24.753, Hsch.

• Etimología: Varias propuestas, la más verosímil parte de ἀμύγδαλον (tb. ἄμικτον) ‘almendra’; seria ‘rico en almendros’ de donde ‘fértil’.