ἀν·ώδυνος, ος, ον [ῠ]
   I pass. exempt de douleur, HPC. Progn. 38 ; SOPH. Ph. 883 ;
   II act. :
      1 qui ne cause aucune douleur, PLUT. Ant. 71 ;
      2 qui calme la douleur, HPC. Aph. 1253 ; PLUT. M. 614 c, etc.

• Cp. -ώτερος, HPC. 91 e ; DIOSC. 4, 69 ; • Sup. -ώτατος, DIOSC. 4, 69.

Étym. ἀν-, ὀδύνη.

ον, (< ὀδύνη) free from pain, οἰδήματα Hp. Prog. 7, cf. D.Chr. 32.57; τὸ ἓν ἀ. καὶ ἀνάλγητον Arist. Xen. 974a19; of persons, S. Ph. 883; ἀνωδυνώτερος γίγνεσθαι suffer less pain, Hp. Prorrh. 2.7; τὸ ἀνώδυνον, = ἀνωδυνία, Plu. 2.102d. Adv. ἀνωδύνως, τίκτεσθαι Hp. Coac. 527, cf. Plu. Cic. 2; ἰᾶσθαι D.Chr. 41.9; Sup. ἀνωδυνώτατα Hp. Acut. 4.
causing no pain, harmless, τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν γὰρ κάρτ’ ἀ. κακόν S. Aj. 554b; ἁμάρτημα ἢ αἶσχος ἀ., definition of τὸ γελοῖον, Arist. Po. 1449a35. Adv. -ως, ἰάσασθαι τὴν πατρίδα Plu. Cleom. 10.
Act., allaying pain, Hp. Aph. 5.22, Dsc. 4.68 (Comp. and Sup.); φάρμακον ἀ.
anodyne, Plu. 2.614c; — the epitaph of a physician in IG 14.1879 combines both signfs., πολλούς τε σώσας φαρμάκοις ἀνωδύνοις, ἀνώδυνον τὸ σῶμα νῦν ἔχει θανών.

(ὀδυνή), schmerzlos, keine Schmerzen habend, Soph. Phil. 883 ; τὸ ἀνώδυνον, Unempfindlichkeit gegen Schmerzen, Plut. consol. ad Apoll. p. 318 ; keine Schmerzen verursachend, φάρμακα Medic.; Plut. Ant. 71 ; Schmerz stillend, Symp. 1.1.4;
• adv. ἀνωδύνως Cic. 2 τεχθῆναι, wo man ἀνωδίνως hat lesen wollen.