The corpus record

ἄχολος

acholos

lacking gall

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Where it lives

Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

lacking gall, lacking a gall-bladder, deficient in bile

lacking gall, Hp. Prorrh. 1.98; lacking a gall-bladder, ἧπαρ ἄ. Arist. HA 506b2; τὰ μώνυχα ἄ. Id. PA 677a33; deficient in bile (with allusion to signf. 2), Plot. 4.4.28.

metaph., πόλιος τᾶς ἀχόλω Alc. 37A [348 L.-P.], cf. Plu. Daed. 2 [fr 157 Sandbach].

II allaying bile, anger

Act., allaying bile or anger, φάρμακον . . νηπενθές τʼ ἄχολόν τε Od. 4.221.

In the wild

ἀχόλω · acholō Aristotle, Politics 1285a (DIORISIS sentence 1276)
ἄχολόν · acholon Odyssey 4.221
ἄχολοι · acholoi Plotinus, Enneads 4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2963)

Where it came from

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