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ἀμφιδονέω

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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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Full diacritics: ἀμφιδονέω Medium diacritics: ἀμφιδονέω Low diacritics: αμφιδονέω Capitals: ΑΜΦΙΔΟΝΕΩ
Transliteration A: amphidonéō Transliteration B: amphidoneō Transliteration C: amfidoneo Beta Code: a)mfidone/w

English (LSJ)

   A whirl round, agitate violently, Ζέφυρος δένδρεα ἀμφιδονεῖ AP9.668 (Marian.), cf. 5.121 (Diod.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 138] , umdrehen, schwindelig machen, ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεδόνησε Theocr. 13, 48; Ζέφυρος δένδρεα ἀμφιδονεῖ Marian. 2 (IX, 668).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφιδονέω: περιστρέφω ἰσχυρῶς, ἀναταράσσω βιαίως, παραζαλίζω, ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεδόνησε Θεόκρ. 13. 48· Ζέφυρος δένδρεα ἀμφιδονεῖ Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 668.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
agiter en tous sens ou violemment.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, δονέω.

Spanish (DGE)

arremolinarse en torno δένδρεα ... ἀμφιδονεῖ Ζέφυρος AP 9.668 (Marian.)
andar detrás de μὴ σὺ ... ἀμφιδονοίης τὸν καλόν AP 5.122 (Diod.).

Greek Monotonic

ἀμφιδονέω: μέλ. -ήσω, περιστρέφω με δύναμη, αναταράσσω βίαια, σε Θεόκρ., Ανθ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀμφιδονέω:
1) раскачивать во все стороны (δένδρεα Anth.);
2) потрясать, волновать (φρένας Theocr.).

Middle Liddell


to agitate violently, Theocr., Anth.