ἐρημία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of places, [[solitude]], [[desert]], [[wilderness]], [[Herodotus|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, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|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.