| |Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of places, [[solitude]], [[desert]], [[wilderness]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.98</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>2</span>, etc.; ἡ [[Σκυθῶν ἐρημία]] = [[desert]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>704</span>; ἀφίκετ' εἰς ἐρημίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>787</span>; <b class="b3">ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας</b> [[wander]]s to [[solitary]] [[place]]s, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>610b24</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as a state or condition, [[solitude]], [[loneliness]], <b class="b3">ἐρημίαν ἄγειν</b>, to [[keep]] [[alone]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>50</span>; μονάδ' ἔχουσ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>609</span> (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>510</span>; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.4</span>; of persons, [[isolation]], [[destitution]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>957</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.18.25</span>; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐρημίαν καταγνόντες <span class="bibl">Is.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἐρημίαν</b> [[from]] [[being]] [[left]] [[alone]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.67</span>; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι <span class="bibl">D.3.27</span>; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐρημίαν <span class="bibl">Men.39</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of places, [[desolation]], ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>97</span>; <b class="b3">ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">26</span>; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ' ἐρημίας <span class="bibl">Th.4.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[want of]], [[absence]], φίλων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 2.2.14</span>; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, [[ἀνδρῶν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1017</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>875</span> (lyr., pl.), <span class="bibl">Th. 6.102</span>; λύχνων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1484</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος</b> = he [[march]]ed on [[without]] [[finding]] any [[enemy]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.21</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐρημίαν τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν</b> seeing that there would be [[none]] to [[hinder]] him, <span class="bibl">D.4.49</span>; ἐρημία [[σώμα]]τος = [[κενόν]], Zeno Stoic.1.26; even <b class="b3">ἐρημία κακῶν</b> [[freedom]] from [[evil]], <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">HF</span>1157</span>.</span> | | |Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of places, [[solitude]], [[desert]], [[wilderness]], Hdt.3.98, A.''Pr.''2, etc.; ἡ [[Σκυθῶν ἐρημία]] = [[desert]] [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''704; ἀφίκετ' εἰς ἐρημίαν Id.''Lys.''787; <b class="b3">ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας</b> [[wander]]s to [[solitary]] [[place]]s, Arist.''HA''610b24, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as a state or condition, [[solitude]], [[loneliness]], <b class="b3">ἐρημίαν ἄγειν</b>, to [[keep]] [[alone]], E.''Med.''50; μονάδ' ἔχουσ' ἐ. Id.''Ba.''609 (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών Id.''El.''510; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο Antipho 2.1.4; of persons, [[isolation]], [[destitution]], S.''OC''957, Lys.18.25; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐρημίαν καταγνόντες Is.1.2; <b class="b3">δι' ἐρημίαν</b> [[from]] [[being]] [[left]] [[alone]], Th.1.71, cf. 3.67; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι D.3.27; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐρημίαν Men.39.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of places, [[desolation]], ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι E.''Tr.''97; <b class="b3">ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ</b> ib.26; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ' ἐρημίας Th.4.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[want of]], [[absence]], φίλων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 2.2.14; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, [[ἀνδρῶν]], E.''Hec.''1017,''Ba.''875 (lyr., pl.), Th. 6.102; λύχνων Ar.''Av.''1484 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος</b> = he [[march]]ed on [[without]] [[finding]] any [[enemy]], X.''HG''3.4.21; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐρημίαν τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν</b> seeing that there would be [[none]] to [[hinder]] him, D.4.49; ἐρημία [[σώμα]]τος = [[κενόν]], Zeno Stoic.1.26; even <b class="b3">ἐρημία κακῶν</b> [[freedom]] from [[evil]], E. ''HF''1157. |
