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Headword: Athêlunton
Adler number: alpha,725
Translated headword: unwomanish
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning someone or something] inflexible, hard.
Greek Original:
Athêlunton: adamaston, sklêron.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword, masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/singular of this two-termination adjective, must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late.
Besides the literal meaning there is also an applied one, in Pythagorean mathematical literature: an odd number; see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; mathematics; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 December 1999@15:33:49.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword; added note and keywords) on 20 May 2002@03:38:30.
Catharine Roth (changed keyword) on 29 September 2005@02:00:43.
Jennifer Benedict (added link) on 19 March 2008@14:39:48.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 19 January 2012@07:03:44.
David Whitehead on 1 May 2015@09:22:53.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 2 May 2015@12:05:22.

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