μωρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, Att. [[μῶρος]] Hdn.Gr.1.192: [[μῶρος]] as fem., E.''Med.''61, but acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[μῶραν]] Herod.5.17 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]):—[[dull]], [[sluggish]], of the nerves, Hp.''Genit.''2; χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου μωροὶ γίνονται οἱ ἐργάται [τῶν σφηκῶν] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''628a6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[dull]], [[stupid]], μωροῦ φωτὸς ἅδε βουλά Simon.57.6, cf. S.''Ant.''220, 470, Isoc.5.94, [[LXX]] ''Si.''18.18, al., ''Ev.Matt.''7.26, etc.: Comp. in [[proverb|prov.]], [[μωρότερος Μορύχου]] Sophr.74: Sup., X.''An.''3.2.22.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in a religious sense, λαὸς μωρός καὶ [[ἀκάρδιος]] [[LXX]] ''Je.''5.21,al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, δέδοικα μῶρον πυραύστου μόρον A.''Fr.''288; μῶρόν ἐστι τοὐγχείρημά σου [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''540; [[τὸ μωρόν]] = [[folly]], E.''Hipp.'' 966; τὸ μωρόν τοῦ θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστί ''1 Ep.Cor.''1.25; μῶρα [[φρονεῖν]], μῶρα [[φωνεῖν]], μῶρα [[δρᾶν]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''594, ''OT''433, ''Ant.''469; μῶρα… μῶρος λέγει E.''Ba.''369, cf. [[LXX]] ''Is.''32.6; μ. [[βουλεύεσθαι]] Ar.''Ec.''474.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[μωρά ἀνάγκη]] = [[blind necessity]], Epicur.''Nat.''101 G.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[taste]], [[insipid]], [[flat]], Com. Adesp.596, Diocl.Fr.138, Dsc.4.19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[μώρως]] X.''An.''7.6.21. (Cf. Skt. mūrás '[[idiot]]'.)