ἀδμωλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀδμολίη (admolíē), ἀδμωλία (admōlía)

Etymology

Unknown. Frisk derived it from ἄδ- (in ἄδην (ádēn, “to one's fill”)) with "suffixal" -μωλ-, which is highly improbable. According to Furnée, the word can hardly be inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /að.moˈli/ → /að.moˈli/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ad.moˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /að.moˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /að.moˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /að.moˈli/

Noun

ἀδμωλή • (admōlḗ)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἀπορία (aporía, “difficulty”), ὀλιγωρία (oligōría, “contempt or negligence”), ἄγνοια (ágnoia, “ignorance”), ἡσυχία (hēsukhía, “rest, quiet”).

Derived terms

• ἀδμωλεί (admōleí)
• ἀδμωλεῖν (admōleîn)
• ἀδμωλῶ (admōlô)

Further reading

• “ᾳδμολίη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀδμωλή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α