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ἀμενηνός

ἀμενηνός, powerless, fleeting, feeble

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ἀμενηνὰ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural of ἀμενηνός

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ἀμενην-ός [ᾰ], όν, also ή, όν Opp. H. 2.58: (ἀ- priv., μένος):—poet. Adj., in Hom. chiefly of ghosts or shades,
  • fleeting, νεκύων ἀ. κάρηνα Od. 10.521, al.; of dreams, 19.562; of one wounded, ἀ. ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι Il. 5.887; Πυγμαῖοι Hes. Oxy. 1358.18; rare in Trag. (alw. lyr.), ἀ. ἀνήρ, of Ajax, S. Aj. 890; νεκύων ἀ. ἄγαλμα E. Tr. 193.
      • 2 of men in general, fleeting, feeble, φῦλʼ ἀ. ἀνθρώπων h.Cer. 352; σκιοειδέα φῦλʼ ἀ. Ar. Av. 686.
      • 3 in physical sense, feeble, weak, ἰσχνοῖσι καὶ ἀμενηνοῖσι Hp. Prorrh. 2.30; ἀ. φωνή Arist. Pr. 899a30; οἱ ἄκεντροι σφῆκες . . ἀμενηνότεροι Id. HA 628b4, cf. Ti.Locr. 100c; ὕδωρ -ότατον πάντων Arr. Ind. 6.3; ἀ. κλῆμα, φῦλλον, Thphr. CP 3.14.5, HP 3.9.1; σπερμάτιον 4.12.2 (Comp.); πῦρ Ph. 2.564; faint, shadowy, ὄναρ Them. Or. 21.263c:—neut. as Adv., feebly, faintly, ἀμενηνὸν φθέγγεσθαι Arist. Pr. 899a31; δρᾶν Philostr.Jun. Im. 17; ἀμενηνὰ φαείνειν Arat. 905. Regul. Adv. -νῶς Agathem. ap. Gal. 8.938.
    • II (as if from ἀ- priv., μένω) not permanent, κατηγορίαι Simp.in Ph.832.12.

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