ἀμέλεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓μελής (amelḗs) + -ῐᾰ (-ia).
Pronunciation
- (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
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
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μέλειᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓μελείᾱς (Attic)
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
- Greek: αμέλεια (améleia)
References
- “ἀμέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press