ἀδημονέω
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly from ἀ- (a-) + δῆμος (dêmos). Etymologically, the term should mean something akin to "not at home." This meaning may have shifted to "uncomfortable, in an uncomfortable location." The form *ἀδημων (*adēmōn) can be reconstructed, which may have been suffixed with -έω (-éō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.dɛː.mo.né.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.de̝.moˈne.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈne.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈne.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈne.o/
Verb
[edit]ἀδημονέω • (adēmonéō)
- to be troubled, pained, anguished
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 175d:
- εἰλιγγιῶν τε ἀπὸ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθεὶς καὶ βλέπων μετέωρος ἄνωθεν ὑπὸ ἀηθείας ἀδημονῶν τε καὶ ἀπορῶν καὶ βατταρίζων γέλωτα Θρᾴτταις μὲν οὐ παρέχει οὐδ᾽ ἄλλῳ ἀπαιδεύτῳ οὐδενί, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνονται, τοῖς δ᾽ ἐναντίως ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι πᾶσιν
- eilingiôn te apò hupsēloû kremastheìs kaì blépōn metéōros ánōthen hupò aētheías adēmonôn te kaì aporôn kaì battarízōn gélōta Thrā́ittais mèn ou parékhei oud’ állōi apaideútōi oudení, ou gàr aisthánontai, toîs d’ enantíōs ḕ hōs andrapódois trapheîsi pâsin
- εἰλιγγιῶν τε ἀπὸ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθεὶς καὶ βλέπων μετέωρος ἄνωθεν ὑπὸ ἀηθείας ἀδημονῶν τε καὶ ἀπορῶν καὶ βατταρίζων γέλωτα Θρᾴτταις μὲν οὐ παρέχει οὐδ᾽ ἄλλῳ ἀπαιδεύτῳ οὐδενί, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνονται, τοῖς δ᾽ ἐναντίως ἢ ὡς ἀνδραπόδοις τραφεῖσι πᾶσιν
- to be confused, puzzled, perplexed
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquities of the Romans 3.70:
- ἀδημονῶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι τοὺς θεοὺς ἠξίου δι᾽ οἰωνῶν φανερὸν αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι τὸ ζητούμενον.
- adēmonôn d’ epì tôi prágmati toùs theoùs ēxíou di’ oiōnôn phaneròn autôi poiêsai tò zētoúmenon.
- ἀδημονῶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι τοὺς θεοὺς ἠξίου δι᾽ οἰωνῶν φανερὸν αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι τὸ ζητούμενον.
Conjugation
[edit] Present: ἀδημονέω, ἀδημονέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἠδημόνεον, ἠδημονεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠδημόνεον | ἠδημόνεες | ἠδημόνεε(ν) | ἠδημονέετον | ἠδημονεέτην | ἠδημονέομεν | ἠδημονέετε | ἠδημόνεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠδημονεόμην | ἠδημονέου | ἠδημονέετο | ἠδημονέεσθον | ἠδημονεέσθην | ἠδημονεόμεθᾰ | ἠδημονέεσθε | ἠδημονέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠδημόνουν | ἠδημόνεις | ἠδημόνει | ἠδημονεῖτον | ἠδημονείτην | ἠδημονοῦμεν | ἠδημονεῖτε | ἠδημόνουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠδημονούμην | ἠδημονοῦ | ἠδημονεῖτο | ἠδημονεῖσθον | ἠδημονείσθην | ἠδημονούμεθᾰ | ἠδημονεῖσθε | ἠδημονοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἠδημόνηκᾰ, ἠδημόνημαι
Pluperfect: ἠδημονήκειν, ἠδημονήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠδημονήκειν, ἠδημονήκη |
ἠδημονήκεις, ἠδημονήκης |
ἠδημονήκει(ν) | ἠδημονήκετον | ἠδημονηκέτην | ἠδημονήκεμεν | ἠδημονήκετε | ἠδημονήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠδημονήμην | ἠδημόνησο | ἠδημόνητο | ἠδημόνησθον | ἠδημονήσθην | ἠδημονήμεθᾰ | ἠδημόνησθε | ἠδημόνηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀδημονία (adēmonía)
- ἐναδημονέω (enadēmonéō)
References
[edit]- “ἀδημονέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀδημονέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀδημονέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδημονέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G85 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ἀδημονέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011