ἄμουσος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A without song, of fishes, Emp. 74; but usu. without the Muses, i.e. without taste or refinement, rude, E.Ion526, Ar.V.1074; ἄ. καὶ ἀφιλόσοφος Pl.Sph.259e; ἄ. ἡδονή, ἁμαρτήματα, gross pleasure, faults, Pl.Phdr.240b, Lg.863c; ἄ. ἐστι, c. inf., it is incongruous, Ar.Th.159; τῶν Λειβηθρίων ἀμουσότερος, prov. for lowest degree of mental cultivation, Zen.1.79: Sup., γλῶττα -οτάτη Agath.2.28. Adv. -ως Pl.Hp.Ma.292c.    II of persons, unmusical, Id.Sph.253b, al.    2 of sounds, unmusical, discordant, ἄμουσ' ὑλακτεῖν E.Alc.760; ἀμουσόταται ᾠδαί Ph.807, etc. Adv. -ως Jul.Or.8.247d.