ἄθυρμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἀθύρω]]) [[plaything]], [[toy]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.363</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>40</span>: in plural, [[beautiful objects]], [[adornments]], <span class="bibl">Od. 18.323</span>, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">9</span>; [[delight]], [[joy]], <b class="b3">Ἀπολλώνιον ἄθυρμα</b>, of a [[choral]] [[ode]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.23</span>; <b class="b3">ἀθύρματα Μουσᾶν</b>, i.e. songs, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>33, cf. 8.87; <b class="b3">ἀρηΐων ἀθύρματα</b> [[pastime]]s of [[Ares]], i.e. [[battle]], 17.57; <b class="b3">ἁβρὸν ἄθυρμα</b>, of a [[pet]] [[dog]], <span class="title">IG</span>14.1647, cf. 12(5).677.10 (Syros):— rare in Trag. and Com., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>272</span>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.145</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>839, Alcid. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1406a9</span>, <span class="bibl">b13</span>; of a [[court]]-[[jester]], ἄθυρμα τοῦ βασιλέως <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.4.9</span>, cf. Philostr. [[V S]]1.8.3.