ἐμμελής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[μέλος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[in tune]], [[harmonious]], opp. [[πλημμελής]], ἐμμελὴς [[φωνή]] <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.101b</span>, Plu.2.1014c, etc.; [[προσόδιον]] <span class="title">SIG</span>662.9 (Delos, ii B.C.); ἁρμονιῶν ἐμμελεστάτη [[κρᾶσις]] <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>2</span>; [[λέξις]] ἐμμελής <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>; also of a poet, [[tuneful]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>21</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[harmonious]], [[orderly]], τὸν πλημμελοῦντα ἐμμελῆ ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Criti.</span>106b</span>; <b class="b3">ἵνα γένοιντο ἐμμελέστεροι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">121b</span>; also ἐμμελεστάτη καὶ κοσμιωτάτη πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pel.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[suitable]], [[fit]], [[proper]], κριτής <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>876d</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>2</span> (Sup.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[witty]], ἐ. καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινίς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[in good taste]], <b class="b3">ἐμμελέστερόν [ἐστι</b>], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>807</span>; ἐ. ὁμιλία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[well-proportioned]], <b class="b3">κτήματα . . ποῖα ἄν τις κεκτημένος ἐμμελεστάτην οὐσίαν κεκτῇτο</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 776b</span>; [[reasonable]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>259e</span>: hence, [[modest]], [[small]], opp. [[μέγιστος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>760a</span> (Sup.); πόλις μεγέθει ἐμμελεστέρα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1327b15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[suitable]], λόγος ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν χρείαν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἐμμελῶς]], Aeol. and Ion. [[ἐμμελέως]], [[harmoniously]], opp. [[πλημμελῶς]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>816a</span>; [[in time]], <b class="b3">πόδεσσιν ὠρχεῦντ</b>' Sapph.54. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[elegantly]], ἐ. καὶ μουσικῶς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>290b30</span>; [[in good taste]], παίζειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a9</span>; <b class="b3">δαπανῆσαι μεγάλα ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">1122a35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[suitably]], [[rightly]], οὐδέ μοι ἐμμελέως τὸ Πιττάκειον νέμεται <span class="bibl">Simon.5.8</span>; [[ἐμμελῶς]] πάντων ἔχειν to be [[suitably]] provided with... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321c</span>; [[ἐμμελῶς]] [[φέρειν]] τὰς τύχας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1100b21</span>; [[ἐμμελῶς]] [[εἰρῆσθαι]] ib.<span class="bibl">1170b21</span>, etc.: Comp. ἐμμελεστέρως, ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>278d</span>; ἐμμελέστερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>474a</span>: Sup. <b class="b3">ἐμμελέστατα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">581b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[at a reasonable price]], [[διδάσκειν]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>20c</span>.</span>