ἀμέλεια
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ᾰ̓μελής (amelḗs) + -ῐᾰ (-ia).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mé.leː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈme.li.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈme.li.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈme.li.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈme.li.a/
Noun[edit]
ᾰ̓μέλειᾰ • (améleia) f (genitive ᾰ̓μελείᾱς); first declension
- (uncountable) negligence, indifference
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.122.4:
- καὶ οὐκ ἴσμεν ὅπως τάδε τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ξυμφορῶν ἀπήλλακται, ἀξυνεσίας ἢ μαλακίας ἢ ἀμελείας.
- kaì ouk ísmen hópōs táde triôn tôn megístōn xumphorôn apḗllaktai, axunesías ḕ malakías ḕ ameleías.
- Translation by Richard Crawley
- And we do not know how this conduct can be held free from three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
- καὶ οὐκ ἴσμεν ὅπως τάδε τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ξυμφορῶν ἀπήλλακται, ἀξυνεσίας ἢ μαλακίας ἢ ἀμελείας.
- (countable) an instance of negligence
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 443a:
- Μοιχεῖαί γε μὴν καὶ γονέων ἀμέλειαι καὶ θεῶν ἀθεραπευσίαι παντὶ ἄλλῳ μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ τοιούτῳ προσήκουσι.
- Moikheîaí ge mḕn kaì gonéōn améleiai kaì theôn atherapeusíai pantì állōi mâllon ḕ tôi toioútōi prosḗkousi.
- Translation by John Burnet
- Adultery, surely, and neglect of parents and of the due service of the gods would pertain to anyone rather than to such a man.
- Μοιχεῖαί γε μὴν καὶ γονέων ἀμέλειαι καὶ θεῶν ἀθεραπευσίαι παντὶ ἄλλῳ μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ τοιούτῳ προσήκουσι.
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓μέλειᾰ hē améleia |
τὼ ᾰ̓μελείᾱ tṑ ameleíā |
αἱ ᾰ̓μέλειαι hai améleiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓μελείᾱς tês ameleíās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μελείαιν toîn ameleíain |
τῶν ᾰ̓μελειῶν tôn ameleiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓μελείᾳ têi ameleíāi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μελείαιν toîn ameleíain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓μελείαις taîs ameleíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓μέλειᾰν tḕn améleian |
τὼ ᾰ̓μελείᾱ tṑ ameleíā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μελείᾱς tā̀s ameleíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓μέλειᾰ améleia |
ᾰ̓μελείᾱ ameleíā |
ᾰ̓μέλειαι améleiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
- Greek: αμέλεια (améleia)
References[edit]
- “ἀμέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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