ἀμαθ-ής, ές,
(μαθεῖν) ignorant, stupid, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.33, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 169, etc.; ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.46; ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 421, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 135; ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός [prev. author] “Eq.” 193; ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2; ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δεξιός, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, such as wild boars, unmanageable, θυμώδη καὶ ἀ.[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 488b14] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive of things, without knowledge of a thing, unlearned in it, -έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 417; λῃστείας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.41, compare 3.37; ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 394e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι [[ “La.” 194d; πρός τι “Lg.” 679d. ] Refs]adverb -θῶς ignorantly, through ignorance, ἥμαρτον[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 874: _comparative_ -έστερον, τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be educated with too little learning to despise the laws, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84; -έστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]less learnedly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1445. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b of moral defects, unfeeling, inhuman, ἀ. τις εἶ θεός[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 347. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of things, ἀ. παρρησία boorish freedom of speech, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 905] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ῥώμη brute force, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 732; ἀ. δύναμις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 42] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. φρόνημα barbarous pride, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 459. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]