μεταμώνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[vain]], [[idle]], <b class="b3">μ. νήματα</b> [[vainly-woven]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.98</span>; <b class="b3">μεταμώνια βάζεις</b> talkest [[idly]], <span class="bibl">18.332</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ δὲ πάντα θεοὶ μ. θεῖεν</b> may the gods give all that [[to the winds]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.363</span>; ψεύδη μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.6</span>; μ. θηρεύω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>3.23</span>; τὰ δ' οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλε θεὸς μ. θήσειν <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.181</span>. —Used by Hom. only in neut. pl.: the etym. is dub., cf. [[μωνιή]], [[μωνιόν]]; but later Poets apptly. connected the word with [[ἄνεμος]] (as if for [[μετανεμώνιος]]) <b class="b3">; κονία μεταμώνιος ἀέρθη</b> [[borne by the wind]], [[on high]], <span class="bibl">Simon.16</span>; ἐς κόρακας βαδιεῖ μεταμώνιος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>117</span>, ubi v. Sch.:— [[μεταμώλιος]] is v.l. in several passages; cf. [[ἀνεμώλιος]].</span>