Ἀχαιίς

From LSJ

Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt

Menander, Monostichoi, 366

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀχαιίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ἡ Ἀχαιική, μετὰ τοῦ γαῖαἄνευ αὐτοῦ, Ἰλ. Α. 254., Γ. 75, κτλ. 2) (ἐξυπακουομ. τοῦ γυνὴ) Ἀχαιίδες, οὐκέτ’ Ἀχαιοὶ Ἰλ. Β. 235. κτλ.· ὡσαύτως Ἀχαιιάς, άδος, Ἰλ. Ε. 424, κτλ· ― ὁ τύπος Ἀχᾱΐς φαίνεται μεταγενέστερος.

English (Autenrieth)

ίδος: Achaean (γαῖα), and without γαῖα, Achaea, i. e. Northern Greece; pl., as subst., Achaean women; contemptuously, Ἀχαιίδες, οὐκέτ' Ἀχαιοί, Β 23, Il. 7.96.

Middle Liddell


1. the Achaian land, with or without γαῖα, Il.
2. (sub. γυνή) an Achaian woman, Il.

English (Woodhouse)

(see also: Ἀχαιΐς) Achaean

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