ἀτερπής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unpleasing]], [[joyless]], λιμός <span class="bibl">Il.19.354</span>; of the nether world, νέκυας καὶ ἀτερπέα χῶρον <span class="bibl">Od.11.94</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πέτρῃς . . καὶ ἀτερπέῑ χώρῳ</b>, of a rocky shore, <span class="bibl">7.279</span>; νούσων ἑσμός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>685</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span> 31</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.37.6</span>; λόγοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>293</span>; γῆρας <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.114</span>; <b class="b3">ἀτερπέστερον ἐς ἀκρόασιν</b> <b class="b2">less attractive</b> to the ear, <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἦχοι ἀ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιτερπεῖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>994.23</span>, cf. <span class="title">Mus.</span>p.82 K.; εἴ τις ὑπερβάλλοι τὸ μέτριον τὰ ἐπιτερπέστατα ἀτερπέστατα ἂν γίγνοιτο <span class="bibl">Democr.233</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.396</span> (Sup.); of persons, ἀ. καὶ κακὸς ὀρχηστής <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>25</span>. Adv. -πῶς, οὐκ ἀ. ἱστορείσθω Gal.14.237; but ἀ. ζῆν <b class="b2">without enjoyment</b>, Plu.2.1100d.</span>