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ἀδημονέω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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).

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Verb

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ἀδημονέω (adēmonéō)

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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