ἀλιταίνω

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ἠλίθιον

Transliteration (Word)

ēlithios

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

alitainō

Author

Etym. Gudianum

Century

11 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Gudianum, eta, p. 240

Ed.

E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)

Quotation

Ἤλιθα, πολλὰ πάνυ, ἄγαν πολὺ, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄλις γέγονεν, ὅ ἐστι δαψιλῶς, ἠλίθιον δὲ τὸν ἀλιταίνοντα, ὅ ἐστιν ἁμαρτάνοντα. 

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λίθος

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ἠλίθιος

Transliteration (Word)

ēlithios

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

lithos

Author

Etym. Magnum

Century

12 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Magnum, p. 247

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)

Quotation

Ἠλίθιος: Ὁ ἀνόητος καὶ μωρός· παρὰ τὸ ἅλιον, τὸ μάταιον. Ἐκ τοῦ ἅλιος οὖν, ἀλίϊος· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ, ἀλίθιος καὶ ἠλίθιος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἤλιθα ἐπίρρημα, ὁ πάντα χύδην ποιῶν, καὶ ἀδιακρίτως. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ λίθος, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ α. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἅλα

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ἅλιος2

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ἠλίθιος

Transliteration (Word)

ēlithios

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

halos

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, eta, p. 70

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Ἠλίθιος, ὁ ἀνόητος, παρὰ τὴν ἅλα. ταύτης γὰρ τὸ ὕδωρ ἄχρηστον. ἔνθεν καὶ ἅλιον τὸ μάταιον, καὶ ἀλὼς παράγωγον τοῦ ἀλῶ· ἀφ’ οὗ ἀλήτης. ἀπὸ τούτου καὶ ἕτερον παράγωγον ἀλεὸς ἐρύη, καὶ αὐτὸ ἠλεὸς Ἰωνικόν.

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ἤλιθα

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ηλίθιος

Transliteration (Word)

ēlithios

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

ēlitha

Author

Scholia in Homerum

Century

1 BC

Source

idem

Ref.

Pap. Iandan. I 2

Ed.

H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988

Quotation

ἤλι]θα πολλήν ἤλιθα χύδην, μ̣[άτ]ην, ὡς καὶ λέγομεν χυδαῖος ἄ̣[νθ]ρωπος καὶ ἠλίθιος, ὅταν πλῆ[θος ἐ]μφαίνειν θέλωμεν ἢ ἀταξίαν [

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ἠλιθιάζω

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ἠλίθιος

Transliteration (Word)

ēlithios

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

ēlithiazō

Author

Suda

Century

10 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Suda, eta 220

Ed.

A. Adler, Suidae Lexicon, Leipzig: Teubner, 1928-1935

Quotation

Ἠλιθιάζω: ἀναισθητῶ, μωραίνω, προσποιοῦμαι ἠλίθιος εἶναι· ἀναίσθητοι γὰρ οἱ λίθοι, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἠλίθιος

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