1. ἀμενηνός · amenēnos — Beekes
ἀμενηνός [adj.] ‘without power’ (IL). «GR, IE *men-s-> eDER ἀμενήνωσεν (N 562). eETYM Built on ἀμενής (E.), from μένος, perhaps modelled after ἀκμηνός (Od.). — [Beekes, s.v. ἀμενηνός, p. 133]
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ἀμενηνός
amenenos
without power
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2. ἀμενηνός · amenēnos — Frisk
ἀμενηνός “kraftlos, schwach’ (ep. ion. poet., hell. und spät). Davon duevrvwaev N 562. Wahrscheinlich aus ἀμενής (E.) erweitert, vielleicht nach dem Vorbild von ἀκμηνός (Od.). Kaum mit Bechtel Lex. aus Ἐἀμενεσᾶνός. Vgl. noch Schwyzer 490: 6 m. Lit. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμενηνός, p. 121]
3. ἀμενην-ός · amenēn-os — LSJ
fleeting
fleeting, νεκύων ἀ. κάρηνα Od. 10.521, al.; of dreams, 19.562; of one wounded, ἀ. ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι Il. 5.887; Πυγμαῖοι Hes. Oxy. 1358.18; rare in Trag. (alw. lyr.), ἀ. ἀνήρ, of Ajax, S. Aj. 890; νεκύων ἀ. ἄγαλμα E. Tr. 193.
2 fleeting, feeble
of men in general, fleeting, feeble, φῦλʼ ἀ. ἀνθρώπων h.Cer. 352; σκιοειδέα φῦλʼ ἀ. Ar. Av. 686.
3 feeble, weak, faint, shadowy, feebly, faintly
in physical sense, feeble, weak, ἰσχνοῖσι καὶ ἀμενηνοῖσι Hp. Prorrh. 2.30; ἀ. φωνή Arist. Pr. 899a30; οἱ ἄκεντροι σφῆκες . . ἀμενηνότεροι Id. HA 628b4, cf. Ti.Locr. 100c; ὕδωρ -ότατον πάντων Arr. Ind. 6.3; ἀ. κλῆμα, φῦλλον, Thphr. CP 3.14.5, HP 3.9.1; σπερμάτιον 4.12.2 (Comp.); πῦρ Ph. 2.564; faint, shadowy, ὄναρ Them. Or. 21.263c:—neut. as Adv., feebly, faintly, ἀμενηνὸν φθέγγεσθαι Arist. Pr. 899a31; δρᾶν Philostr.Jun. Im. 17; ἀμενηνὰ φαείνειν Arat. 905. Regul. Adv. -νῶς Agathem. ap. Gal. 8.938
II not permanent
(as if from ἀ- priv., μένω) not permanent, κατηγορίαι Simp.in Ph.832.12.
In the wild
- ἀμενηνά · amenēna Aristophanes, Birds 685 (DIORISIS sentence 552)
- ἀμενηνὸν · amenēnon Euripides, Trojan Women 1.190b (DIORISIS sentence 99)
- ἀμενηνὸς · amenēnos Iliad 5.887
- ἀμενηνὰ · amenēna Odyssey 10.521
- ἀμενηνὰ · amenēna Odyssey 10.536
- ἀμενηνὰ · amenēna Odyssey 11.29
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμενηνός (scan p. 133; entry #452).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμενηνός (scan p. 121; entry #439).
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