ἀποφώλιος

ἀποφώλιος, ον, acc. to the Ancients,

• = ἀνεμώλιος, μάταιος, empty, vain, idle, Hom. only in Od., νόον ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι 8.177; οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς 5.182; οὐκ ἀ. ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος 14.212; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀ. εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων are not barren, 11.249; νέκυς ἀ. Opp. C. 3.447; ἀποφώλια μητιόων Man. 6.565; ῥέξουσʼ ἀποφώλια Orac. ap. Jul. Ep. 89; of the Minotaur, ξύμμικτον εἶδος κἀποφώλιον τρέφος a monstrous, hybrid birth, E. Fr. 996; in Nic. Al. 524 στομίων ἀ. ἆσθμα is expld. by Sch. χαλεπόν, but perh. there is a play on φωλεύοντα (φωλεός, cf. Eust.) which occurs just before. (Perh. from ἀποφεῖν (q.v.), cf. ἁμαρτωλός: ἁμαρτεῖν; Hsch. has ἀποφώλια· ἀποφίλια (i.e. -φύλια).)

ἀποφώλιος, (Abltg unsicher), Hom. viermal : Od. 11.249 τέξεαι ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀποφώλιοι εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων ; 5.182 ἦ δὴ ἀλιτρός γʼ ἐσσὶ καὶ οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς ; 14.212 ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀποφώλιος ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος ; 8.177 νόον δʼ ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι. Die Bed. ist also = leer, nichtig, hohl, unbedeutend, erfolglos ; – Nic. Alex. 524 ἀποφώλιον ἆσθμα ἐχίδνης, für ἆσθμα ἐχ. φωλευούσης ; τέρας, der Minotaurus, Plut. Thes. 15 ; νέκυς Opp. C. 3.447 ; Philet. 9.1 ἀγροιώτης.

ἀποφώλιος

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[app. ἀπ-, ἀπο- 6 + ὀφολ-, ὄφελος. Thus, useless.]

Hence

• • 1

    Not fitted for action Od. 14.212.

    Producing no result, ineffectual Od. 11.249.

  • 2

    Of a man in regard to mental powers, not likely to secure good results, not sagacious Od. 8.177.

    Absol. in neut. pl.: οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς (sagacious in mind) Od. 5.182.

ἀποφώλιος : good-for-nothing, empty; οὐκ ἀποφώλιος ἦα| οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος, Od. 14.212; νόον δʼ ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι, Od. 8.177; οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς, ‘no fool,’ Od. 5.182; ἀποφώλιοι εὐναί, ‘unfruitful,’ Od. 11.249.

ἀποφώλιος Deriv. unknown.

• empty, vain, idle, useless, fruitless, Lat. irritus, Od.