ἄμουσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">without song</b>, of fishes, <span class="bibl">Emp. 74</span>; but usu. <b class="b2">without the Muses</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">without taste</b> or <b class="b2">refinement, rude</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>526</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1074</span>; ἄ. καὶ ἀφιλόσοφος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>259e</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἡδονή, ἁμαρτήματα</b>, <b class="b2">gross</b> pleasure, faults, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>240b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>863c</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἐστι</b>, c. inf., it is <b class="b2">incongruous</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>159</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν Λειβηθρίων ἀμουσότερος</b>, prov. for lowest degree of mental cultivation, <span class="bibl">Zen.1.79</span>: Sup., γλῶττα -οτάτη <span class="bibl">Agath.2.28</span>. Adv. -ως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>292c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">unmusical</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>253b</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of sounds, <b class="b2">unmusical, discordant</b>, ἄμουσ' ὑλακτεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>760</span>; ἀμουσόταται ᾠδαί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>807</span>, etc. Adv. -ως <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>8.247d</span>.</span>