μεταμώνιος
metamonios
vain, idle
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μεταμώνιος, ον, poet. Adj. A. 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. O. 12.6; μ. θηρεύω P. 3.23; τὰ δʼ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε θεὸς μ. θήσειν 22.181. —Used by 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, 16; ἐς κόρακας βαδιεῖ μεταμώνιος Pax 117, ubi v. Sch.:— μεταμώλιος is v.l. in several passages; cf. ἀνεμώλιος.
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