ἀμέθυστος
ἀμέθυστος, not drunken; (n) amethyst
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ἀμεθύσου Noun: feminine genitive singular, Adjective: masculine genitive singular, Adjective: feminine genitive singular, Adjective: neuter genitive singular of ἀμέθυστος
- not drunken, without drunkenness, Plu. Cohib. 2.464c: Comp., Gp. 7.34.2.
- II not intoxicating, perh. so used in Nonn. D. 19.133: as Subst., ἀμέθυστον, τό, remedy against drunkenness, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.572, Dsc. Eup. 1.24; also ἀμέθυστος, ἡ, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.15b, Ath. 1.34c:—hence, such things as were supposed to act as remedies, viz.,
- 1 kind of herb, Plu. QConv. 2.647b; = σέλινον ἄγριον, Ps.-Dsc. 2.175.
- 2 amethyst, LXX Ex. 28.19, Apoc. 21.20, D.P. 1122, AP 5.204, 9.748 (Pl.Jun.):—also ἀμέθυστον, τό, IG ΙΙ(2).287B 22 (Delos, iii B.C.).
- 3 ἀμέθυστον, τό, kind of grape, Colum. 3.2.24.
I
1 sin borrachera
ἡμέρας ... ἀμεθύστους καὶ ἀοίνους διαγαγεῖν
2 que no emborracha
πιεῖν ἀμέθυστον ἐέρσην
• que no se emborracha
γυναῖκες δὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀμεθυστότεραί εἰσι
II subst.
1 bot. ἡ ἀ. cierta planta usada como antídoto contra la borrachera Plu.2.647b
• el ranúnculo, Ranunculus sp., Ps.Dsc.2.175.
2 τὸ ἀ. gener. plu. tisana, antídoto contra la borrachera
μηδὲν εἶναι φαυλότερα τῶν ἀμεθύστων καλουμένων
• sg. el antirrino, Antirrhinum maius L., Ps.Apul.Herb.86.14 (ametiston).
3 ἡ ἀ. la amatista
δακτύλιος ἀμέθυστον (sic)
εἰμὶ Μέθη τὸ γλύμμα σοφῆς χερός, ἐν δ' ἀμεθύστῳ γέγλυμμαι
λυσσαλέης ἀμέθυστον ἀλεξήτειραν ἀνάγκης
οἰνωπὴ ἀ.
•No resulta convincente la deriv. de ἀ- priv. y μέθυ (‘que se embriaga’), que suele proponerse. Prob. etim. pop. a partir de un prést. semítico, cf. ár. jamsitum.
2) dem Rausche widerstehend, ἡ, ein Mittel gegen den Rausch, Ath. I.34b ; τὸ ἀμ., sc. φάρμακον, Plut. Aud. poet. 1. – Dah. der bläulich violette Edelstein Amethyst, weil er gegen Trunkenheit schützen sollte, Asclepiad. 23 ; Plat. Iun. 2 (IX.752, 748); an beiden Stellen hat der cod. Vat. ἀμέθυσος. Bei Hesych. auch Pflanzenname.
- Inot drunken, Plut.
- IIas Subst., ἀμέθυστος, ἡ, amethyst, the precious stone, supposed to be a remedy against drunkenness, NTest.