ἀτενής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀτενές,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stretched]], [[strained]], κισσός S.''Ant.''826 (lyr.); freq. of the eyes, [[staring]], Arist.''HA''492a11; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ὄψεως καὶ [[ἄτεγκτος|ἄτεγκτον]] D.H.5.8; τὴν ὄψιν εἰς τὸ ἀ. [[ἀπερείδεσθαι]] [[intently]], Luc.''Icar.''12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[intense]], [[excessive]], ὀργαί A.''Ag.''71 (lyr.); [[ὀδυρμός|ὀδυρμοί]] Call.''Fr.''1.7 P.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[straight]], [[direct]], <b class="b3">ἥκω δ' ἀτενὴς ἀπ' οἴκων</b> [[straight]] from [[home]], E.''Fr.''65.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[disease]]s, [[obstinate]], [[ἰσχιάς]] prob. for [[ἀγεννής]] in Archig. ap. Aët.12.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of men's minds and speech, [[intent]], [[earnest]], ἀτενεῖ.. νόῳ Hes.''Th.''661, Pi.''N.''7.88; <b class="b3">ἁπλοῖ καὶ ἀ.</b>, of men, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 547e; ἀ. [[παρρησία]] E.''Fr.''737; ἀ. [[ψυχή]] Luc.''Nigr.''4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[unbending]], [[stubborn]], ἀ. [[ἀτεράμων]] τε Ar.''V.''730 (lyr.); [[ἀστένακτος]] καὶ ἀτενής D.H.5.8: Comp., Phld. ''Lib.''p.44 O.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀτενῶς]], Ion. [[ἀτενέως]] Hp.''Prorrh.''1.24; [[ἀτενῶς]] [[ἐμβλέπειν]] Agatharch.41; [[δυσπειθῶς]] καὶ [[ἀτενῶς]] ἔχειν πρός τι = to be [[obstinately]] [[averse]] to, Plu.''Galb.''25:—more freq. in neut., <b class="b3">ἀτενὲς ἴκελοι</b> [[exceeding]] [[like]], Pi.''P.''2.77; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀπ' ἀοῦς</b> from [[dawn]] [[onwards]], Epich.124.1; [[καταμαθεῖν]] [[ἀτενῶς]] Id.172.4; ἀ. τηρεῖν Diph.61; [[ἀτενῶς]] [[βλέπειν]] Plb.18.53.9.