The corpus record

ἠλέμᾰτος

elematos

idle, vain

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

idle, vain, idly, in vain

idle, vain, Sapph. Supp. 15.5, Alc. Supp. 23.4; ὦ τᾶς ἀλεμάτω ψυχᾶς prob. l. in Theoc. 15.4 (ἀδεμ-, ἀδαμ- codd.); of a person, Timo 34 [Supp. Hell. fr. 808].3, cf. 66.4 (cj.); βροντή Sotad. 2; χειρὸς ἑκηβολία AP 6.75 (Paul.Sil.); φαντασίη ib. 11.350 (Agath.). Adv. -τως idly, A.R. 4.1206; in vain, Call. Cer. 91: so neut. pl. ἠλέματα Opp. H. 4.590.

In the wild

ἠλέματον · ēlematon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 3435)

Where it came from

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