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ἀμαθ-ής

amathes

ignorant, stupid

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Where it lives

Hippias Minor 7 · 16.07/10k
Euthydemus 14 · 11.25/10k
Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
Against Andocides 1 · 3.85/10k
Clouds 3 · 3.12/10k
Theaetetus 7 · 3.11/10k
Lysis 2 · 2.88/10k
Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Against Callimachus 1 · 2.82/10k
Protagoras 5 · 2.81/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀμαθ-ής · amath-ēs — LSJ

ignorant, stupid, unmanageable, without knowledge of, unlearned in, ignorantly, through ignorance, with too little learning, less learnedly

ignorant, stupid, Hdt. 1.33, Democr. 169, etc.; ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα Hdt. 4.46; ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ. E. Supp. 421, al., Ar. Nu. 135; ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός Id. Eq. 193; ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων And. 2.2; ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν Pl. Ap. 22e; opp. δεξιός, Th. 3.82; of animals, such as wild boars, unmanageable, θυμώδη καὶ ἀ. Arist. HA 488b14: c. gen. rei, without knowledge of a thing, unlearned in it, -έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ E. Or. 417; λῃστείας Th. 4.41, cf. 3.37; ἀ. περί τινος Pl. Erx. 394e; τι

b unfeeling, inhuman

of moral defects, unfeeling, inhuman, ἀ. τις εἶ θεός E. HF 347.

2 boorish, brute, barbarous

of things, ἀ. παρρησία boorish freedom of speech, E. Or. 905; ἀ. ῥώμη brute force, Id. Fr. 732; ἀ. δύναμις Plu. Demetr. 42; ἀ. φρόνημα barbarous pride, E. Heracl. 459.

II not heard of, unknown, an unforeseen course

not heard of, unknown, ἀ. ἔρρει E. Ion 916. Adv. ἀμαθῶς, χωρῆσαι, of events, to take an unforeseen course, Th. 1.140.

In the wild

ἀμαθὴς · amathēs Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 404)
ἀμαθής · amathēs Aristophanes, Clouds 135 (DIORISIS sentence 111)
ἀμαθὴς · amathēs Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 394)
ἀμαθὴς · amathēs Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 672)
ἀμαθής · amathēs Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 152)
ἀμαθέστερόν · amathesteron Aristophanes, Frogs 1445

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