free from pain,
ἀνώδῠν-ος,ον, (ὀδύνη)
A. free from pain,
οἰδήματα
Hp. Prog. 7
, cf. D.Chr. 32.57 ; τὸ ἓν ἀ. καὶ ἀνάλγητον
Arist. Xen. 974a19
; of persons, S. Ph. 883 ; -ώτερος γίγνεσθαι suffer less pain,
Hp. Prorrh. 2.7
;τὸ ἀνώδυνον,
= ἀνωδυνία , Plu. 2.102d .Adv.
ἀνωδύνως, τίκτεσθαι
Hp. Coac. 527
, cf. Plu. Cic. 2 ; ἰᾶσθαι
D.Chr. 41.9
: Sup.
-ώτατα
Hp. Acut. 4
.
2. causing no pain, harmless,
τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν γὰρ κάρτ' ἀ. κακόν
S. Aj. 554b
;ἁμάρτημα ἢ αἶσχος ἀ.,definition ofτὸ γελοῖον,
Arist. Po. 1449a35 .Adv.
-ως, ἰάσασθαι τὴν πατρίδα
Plu. Cleom. 10
.
II.
Act. ,allaying pain,
Hp. Aph. 5.22 , Dsc. 4.68 ( Comp. and Sup. ); φάρμακον ἀ. anodyne,
Plu. 2.614c
:—the epitaph of a physician in IG 14.1879 combines both signfs.,πολλούς τε σώσας φαρμάκοις ἀνωδύνοις, ἀνώδυνον τὸ σῶμα νῦν ἔχει θανών.
