ἄδμητος

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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Transliteration A: ádmētos Transliteration B: admētos Transliteration C: admitos Beta Code: a)/dmhtos

English (LSJ)

η, ον, poet. for ἀδάματος, in Hom. only in fem. and of cattle,

   A unbroken, βοῦν ἦνιν . . ἀδμήτην, ἣν οὔ πω ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν ἀνήρ Il.10.293, Od.3.383; ἵππον . . ἑξέτε' ἀδμήτην Il.23.266; ἡμίονον ib.655.    2 unwedded, of maidens, παρθένῳ ἀδμήτῃ h.Ven.82, cf. 133, A.Supp.149; of Artemis, τὰν αἰὲν ἀδμήταν S.El.1239 (lyr.); of Atalanta, τῆς πρόσθεν ἀ. Id.OC1321.