- ἀμετάθετος
- ἀμετάθετος, ον① unalterable, unchangeable (μετατίθημι ‘change’; since the Stoics Zeno and Chrysippus, also Polyb. 2, 32, 5; 30, 19, 2 al.; Diod S 1, 23, 8 et al.; OGI 331, 58 [II B.C.]; 335, 73 [II/I B.C.]; POxy 75, 15; 482, 35; 636, 12 [of a will]; 3 Macc 5:1, 12; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 13 [Stone p. 32]; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 189; Just., D. 120, 5) πράγματα ἀ. Hb 6:18.—The neut. as subst. τὸ ἀ. τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ the unchangeableness of his purpose Hb 6:17 (cp. PGM 4, 527f κατὰ δόγμα θεοῦ ἀμετάθετον).② impossible MPol 11:1 (in wordplay w. μετάνοια, i.e. ‘a change of mind from better to worse is not a change that is an option for us’).—DELG s.v. τίθημι. M-M.
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