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ἄμουσος

amousos

without song

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄμουσος, ον, A. without song, of fishes, Emp. 74; but usu. without the Muses, i.e. without taste or refinement, rude, E. Ion 526, Ar. V. 1074; ἄ. καὶ ἀφιλόσοφος Pl. Sph. 259e; ἄ. ἡδονή, ἁμαρτήματα, gross pleasure, faults, Pl. Phdr. 240b, Lg. 863c; ἄ. ἐστι, c. inf., it is incongruous, Ar. Th. 159; τῶν Λειβηθρίων ἀμουσότερος, prov. for lowest degree of mental cultivation, Zen. 1.79: Sup., γλῶττα -οτάτη Agath. 2.28. Adv. -ως Pl. Hp.Ma. 292c. II. of persons, unmusical, Id. Sph. 253b, al. 2. of sounds, unmusical, discordant, ἄμουσʼ ὑλακτεῖν E. Alc. 760; ἀμουσόταται ᾠδαί Ph. 807, etc. Adv. -ως Jul. Or. 8.247d.
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