ἀτηρός
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
[ᾱ], ά, όν,
A blinded by ἄτη, hurried to ruin, Thgn.433,634; φρήν S.Fr.264. II baneful, mischievous, δύη A.Pr.746; τύχη Id.Ag.1483 (lyr.); κακόν E.Andr.353; ναυτιλίη AP9.23 (Antip.); τὸ ἀ. bane, mischief, A.Eu.1007 (anap.); μή τι ἀ. ποιέωσι [οἱ παῖδες] Democr. 279.—Once in Com., ἀτηρότατον κακόν an 'outrageous' nuisance, Ar.V.1299; and so Adv. -ῶς 'awfully' as a slang word, Phld.Mus. p.105K.: in Pl.Cra.395b and c introduced only for an etym. purpose: also in later Prose, D.L.6.99.
German (Pape)
[Seite 386] (ἄτη), schädlich, verderblich, Theogn. 425; bes. Tragg.; δύη, τύχη, Aesch. Ag. 1462 Eum. 961;. φρήν Soph. Tr. 263; ἀτηρότατον κακόν Ar. Vesp. 1299; Eur. Hipp. 630 u. sp. D. Seltener in Prosa, Plat. Crat. 395 c.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ά, όν :
qui cause la ruine, funeste.
Étymologie: ἄτη.
