1. μεταμώνιος · metamōnios — Beekes
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μετᾰμώνιος
metamonios
idle, vain, useless
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What it meant
2. μεταμώνιος · metamōnios — Chantraine
3. μεταμώνιος · metamōnios — Frisk
4. μετᾰμώνιος · metamōnios — LSJ
vain, idle, μ. νήματα vainly-woven, Od. 2.98; μεταμώνια βάζεις talkest idly, 18.332; τὰ δὲ πάντα θεοὶ μ. θεῖεν may the gods give all that to the winds, Il. 4.363; ψεύδη μ. Pi. O. 12.6; μ. θηρεύω Id. P. 3.23; τὰ δʼ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε θεὸς μ. θήσειν Theoc. 22.181. —Used by Hom. only in neut. pl.: the etym. is dub., cf. μωνιή, μωνιόν; but later Poets apptly. connected the word with ἄνεμος (as if for μετανεμώνιος) ; κονία μεταμώνιος ἀέρθη borne by the wind, on high, Simon. 16; ἐς κόρακας βαδιεῖ μεταμώνι
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