ἀπτερέως
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ἀ-, =
A smṃ-, πτερόν) quickly, swiftly, Hes.Fr.96.46, Parm.1.17, A.R.4.1765. (Expld. as = αἰφνιδίως by Hdn.Gr.2.230; cf. ἄπτερος III, ἀπτέρωτος II.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 340] p. adv. zu ἄπτερος, Parmen. prooem. 17, Hesych. erkl. προθύμως; Ap. Rh. 4, 1765.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπτερέως: ἐπίρρ. τοῦ ἄπτερος, «τάχιστα» (Σχόλ.), κατ’ ἄλλους ἑτοίμως, ἐλαφρῶς, ἡδέως, Παρμενίδης 17, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Δ. 1765· ἴδε Ἕρμαν ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 261.
Spanish (DGE)
adv. en un vuelo, rápidamente ὣς ... ἀ. ὤσειε πυλέων ἄπο Parm.B 1.17, ἀ. ... Αἰγίνης ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον A.R.4.1765.
• Etimología: Adv. formado sobre ἄπτερος q.u., c. -έως por -ως metri gratia.
adv. sin decir palabra, sin chistar (para otros sent. v. 2 ἀπτερέως) τοὶ δ' ἀ. ἐπίθοντο Hes.Fr.204.84.
