ἀνώδυνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[ὀδύνη]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[free from pain]], [[οἴδημα|οἰδήματα]] Hp.Prog.7, cf. D.Chr.32.57; τοιοῦτο δὲ ὂν τὸ ἓν ἀνώδυνόν τε καὶ ἀνάλγητον ὑγιές τε καὶ ἄνοσον εἶναι Arist.Xen.974a19; of persons, S.Ph.883; [[ἀνωδυνώτερος]] [[γίγνεσθαι]] = [[suffer less pain]], Hp.Prorrh.2.7; [[τὸ ἀνώδυνον]] = [[ἀνωδυνία]] ([[absence of pain]], [[painlessness]]), Plu. 2.102d. Adv. [[ἀνωδύνως]], [[τίκτεσθαι]] Hp.Coac.527, cf. Plu.Cic.2; ἰᾶσθαι D.Chr.41.9: Sup. [[ἀνωδυνώτατα]] Hp.Acut.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[causing no pain]], [[harmless]], τὸ μὴ [[φρονεῖν]] γὰρ κάρτ' ἀ. κακόν S.Aj.554b; [[ἁμάρτημα]] ἢ [[αἶσχος]] [[ἀνώδυνον]], τὸ [[γελοῖον]], Arist.Po.1449a35. Adv. [[ἀνωδύνως]], [[ἰάομαι|ἰάσασθαι]] τὴν [[πατρίδα]] Plu. Cleom.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[allaying pain]], Hp.Aph.5.22, Dsc.4.68 (Comp. and Sup.); [[φάρμακον ἀνώδυνον]] = [[anodyne]], [[calm]]ing [[drug]] Plu.2.614c:—the [[epitaph]] of a [[physician]] in IG14.1879 combines both signfs., πολλούς τε σώσας φαρμάκοις ἀνωδύνοις, [[ἀνώδυνον]] τὸ [[σῶμα]] νῦν ἔχει [[θανών]] = saved many with his pain-alleviating drugs, in death he now has a body without pain.