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ἀΐδηλος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: aḯdēlos Transliteration B: aidēlos Transliteration C: aidilos Beta Code: a)i/+dhlos

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], Dor. ἀΐδᾱλος, ον, (ἀ- priv., Φιδεῖν)

   A making unseen, annihilating, destructive: in Hom., as epith. of Ares and Athena, Il.5.897,880; πῦρ ἀ. 2.455, al., Emp.109; ἠελίοιο ἔργ' ἀΐδηλα Parm.10.3; ἀΐδαλος τύχα Epigr.Gr.240.5 (Smyrna); ἄτη Opp.H.2.487; πότμος ib.1.150. Adv. -λως, = ὀλεθρίως, Il.21.220.    II Pass., unseen, unknown, obscure, v.l. in Il.2.318, cf. Hes.Op.756, A.R.1.102, al.; unforeseen, ib.298; formless,4.681; unsubstantial, φρίκη Nic. Th.727; as epith. of Hades, dark, gloomy, S.Aj.608 (lyr.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀΐδηλος: [ῐ], Δωρ. ἀΐδᾱλος, ον, (α στερητ. Fιδεῖν) = ὁ καθιστῶν τι ἀόρατον, ὁ ἐξαφανίζων, καταστρέφων· (πρβλ. ἀφανίζω): οὕτω πάντοτε παρ’ Ὁμ., ὡς ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ἄρεως, τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, κτλ. Ἰλ. Ε. 897· ἀλλὰ πρὸ πάντων ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός· Β. 455 κτλ.: - μεταγεν. τύχα, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3328. 5· Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 2. 487· πότμος, αὐτόθι 1. 150· ἀΐδαλος τύχα, Ἀνθ. Π. (παράρτ.) 200. - Ἐπίρρ. -λως, = ὀλεθρίως, Ἰλ. Φ. 220. ΙΙ. παθ. ἀόρατος, ἄγνωστος, σκοτεινός, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. καὶ Ἡμ. 754. Παρμενίδ. 135· - ὡς ἐπίθ. τοῦ ᾍδου εἴτε ἐν τῇ Ὁμηρ. σημασ., εἴτε = σκοτεινός, ἀμαυρός, Σοφ. Αἴ. 608 (λυρ.) - Λέξις ποιητ. περὶ ἧς ἴδε Βουττμ. Λεξιλ. ἐν λέξ. - πρβλ. ἀΐζηλος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
1 qui rend invisible, qui fait disparaître, destructeur;
2 sombre, obscur.
Étymologie: ἀ, ἰδεῖν.

Greek Monotonic

ἀΐδηλος: [ῐ], Δωρ. -ᾱλος, -ον (*εἴδω),
I. αυτός που κάνει κάτι αόρατο, καταστρεπτικός, καταστροφικός, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.· επίρρ. -λως = ὀλεθρίως, στο ίδ.
II. Παθ., αόρατος, άγνωστος, σκοτεινός, σε Ησίοδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀΐδηλος: дор. ἀΐδᾱλος 2 (ῐ)
1) делающий невидимым, т. е. губительный (πῦρ, Ἄρης, ἀνήρ Hom.);
2) невидимый, неведомый, таинственный (ἱερά Hes.);
3) мрачный (Ἃιδης Soph.).