ignorant, stupid,
ἀμαθ-ής,ές, (μαθεῖν)
A. ignorant, stupid,
Hdt. 1.33 , Democr. 169 , etc.; ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα
Hdt. 4.46
; ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ.
E. Supp. 421
, al., Ar. Nu. 135 ; ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός
Id. Eq. 193
; ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων
And. 2.2
; ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν
Pl. Ap. 22e
; opp.δεξιός,
Th. 3.82 ; of animals, such as wild boars,unmanageable,
θυμώδη καὶ ἀ.
Arist. HA 488b14
: c. gen. rei,without knowledge ofa thing,unlearned init, -έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ
E. Or. 417
; λῃστείας
Th. 4.41
, cf. 3.37 ; ἀ. περί τινος
Pl. Erx. 394e
;τι
La. 194d ; πρός τι
Lg. 679d
.Adv. -θῶς ignorantly, through ignorance,
ἥμαρτον
E. Ph. 874
: Comp.
-έστερον, τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαιto be educatedwith too little learningto despise the laws, Th. 1.84 ; -έστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον less learnedly,
Ar. Ra. 1445
.
b. of moral defects,unfeeling, inhuman,
ἀ. τις εἶ θεός
E. HF 347
.
2. of things,ἀ. παρρησία boorishfreedom of speech, E. Or. 905 ;ἀ. ῥώμη bruteforce, Id. Fr. 732 ; ἀ. δύναμις
Plu. Demetr. 42
;ἀ. φρόνημα barbarouspride, E. Heracl. 459 .
II. not heard of, unknown,
ἀ. ἔρρει
E. Ion 916
.Adv. ἀμαθῶς, χωρῆσαι,of events, to takean unforeseen course,
Th. 1.140 .
