ἀθάνατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also η, ον (so regularly in sense1.1, poet. and Isoc.9.16):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[undying]], [[immortal]], Hom., etc.; [[ἀθάνατον πρόσωπον]], of [[Aphrodite]], Sapph.1.14:— hence [[ἀθάνατοι]], οἱ, the [[immortal]]s, Hom., Pi.Pae.6.50, etc.; [[ἀθάναται ἅλιαι]], i.e. the sea [[goddess]]es, Od.24.47: Comp.  [[ἀθανατώτερος]] Pl.Phd. 99c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[of immortal fame]], Tyrt.12.322.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, etc., [[everlasting]], [[perpetual]], ἀθάνατον [[κακόν]] Od.12.118; [[χάρις]] Hdt.7.178; [[ἀρετή]], [[ἀρχά]], S.Ph.1420, OT905 (lyr.); [[κλέος]], [[μνήμη]], B.12.65, Lys.2.81; [[συκοφάντης]] Hyp.Lyc.2; [[ἀθάνατος ὁ θάνατος]] '[[death that cannot die]]', Amph.8; of [[Nisus]]' [[purple]] [[lock]]s, ἀθάνατος [[θρίξ]] on which life [[depend]]ed, A.Ch.619.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[οἱ ἀθάνατοι]] the [[immortal]]s, a [[body]] of [[Persian]] [[troop]]s in which vacancies were [[fill]]ed up by [[successor]]s already [[appoint]]ed, Hdt.7.83,211; so [[ἀθάνατος]] [[ἀνήρ]] one whose [[successor]] in [[case]] of [[death]] is [[appoint]]ed (as we say, the [[king]] [[never]] [[die]]s), ib.31; of a [[standing]] [[army]], D.C.52.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[maintain]]ed at a [[constant]] [[figure]], πρόβατα PSI4.377.5 (iii B. C.), PThead.30.6 (iii A. D.); αἶγες PStrassb.30.6 (iii A. D.); διὰ τὸ ἀθάνατον (''[[sc.]]'' τὸ [[παιδίον]]) αὐτὴν ἐπιδεδέχθαι [[τροφεύειν]] BGU1106.25 (Aug.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[Lychnis coronaria]], [[rose campion]], [[Bridget-in-her-bravery]], [[λυχνὶς στεφανωματική]], Ps.-Dsc.3.100.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Adv. [[ἀθανάτως]], [[εὕδειν]] AP9.570 (Philod.). [ᾱθ- always in the Adj. and all derivs., v. sub ἀ- 1 fin.]