ἀήθεια
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη [ι- metri gr.], ἡ, (ἀήθης)
A unaccustomedness, novelty of a situation, Batr.72,Pl.Ti.18c; ἀ. τινος inexperience of a thing, Th.4.55; ὑπὸ ἀηθείας from inexperience, Pl.Tht.175d; δι' ἀήθειαν (cod. ἀλήθ-) Aen.Tact.38.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 44] ἡ, Ungewohntheit, Batrach. 72; Plat. Theaet. 175 d; τοῦ κακοπραγεῖν Thuc. 4, 55; oft Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀήθεια: Ἰων. ἀηθίη, [ῑ], ἡ, (ἀήθης), ἡ καινότης καταστάσεώς τινος, Βατρ. 72· ἀήθ. τινός = ἀπειρία· Θουκ. 4. 55· ὑπὸ ἀηθείας = ἐξ ἀπειρίας, Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 175D: ― πρβλ. ἀηθία.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
manque d’habitude, inexpérience.
Étymologie: ἀήθης.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
• Alolema(s): ép. -είη, jón. -ίη; ἀηθία E.Hel.418, EM 462.14G.
1 falta de costumbreεἰς ἀήθειαν πίπτει E.Hel.418, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ πάλλετ' ἀηθείῃ Batr.(l) 72, τὰ δὲ παιδάρια ... πίπτουσιν ... ὑπὸ ἀηθίης Hp.Morb.Sacr.12.2, ὄφρα κολῳὸν ἀηθείῃ φοβέωνται A.R.2.1064
•carácter insólito, rareza c. gen. subjet. τῶν λεχθέντων Pl.Ti.18c, τι θαυμαστὸν ἀηθείᾳ Aristid.Or.50.7.
2 con gen. obj. inexperiencia, desconocimiento του κακοπραγεῖν Th.4.55, τόλμης Plu.2.784d, τῆς πτήσεως Gp.15.2.33, ὑπὸ ἀηθείας por inexperiencia Pl.Tht.175d, Luc.DMar.6.2.
