ἀδημονέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be sorely troubled]] or [[dismayed]], [[be in anguish]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Virg.</span> 1</span>; ἀδημονῶν τε καὶ ἀπορῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>175d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.19.197</span>; ἀδημονῆσαι τὰς ψυχάς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.3</span>: c. dat. rei, ἀδημονεῖ τᾗ ἀτοπίᾳ τοῦ πάθους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 251d</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπό τινος</b> [[to be puzzled]] by... <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>11.8</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">D.H. 3.70</span>; χάριν τινός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>298.45</span> (i A.D.). (<span class="bibl">Eust., 833.15</span>, derives it from <b class="b3">ἀδήμων</b>, which is found only as v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.18</span> (cf. Gal.17 (1).177), and is itself of doubtful derivation.) [ᾰδ- Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16.]</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[be unquiet]], [[scared]] (Hp.);<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: With short <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> (Nic. Fr. 16) Allen Cl. Rev. 20, 5 connects <b class="b3">δαῆναι</b>, and Debrunner Mél. Boisacq 1, 266 assumes contraction of <b class="b3">*ἀδαημονέω</b>; semantically not convincing. Not to <b class="b3">ἡδύς</b> (Leumann Hom. Wörter 309 n. 82; cf. Bechtel Lex. s. <b class="b3">ἀδέω</b>, Dial. 3, 268).