Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀδάκρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδάκρυτος

Structure: ἀδακρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dakru/w

Sense

  1. without tears
  2. so that they weep no more
  3. unwept, unmourned
  4. costing no tears

Examples

  • κλαῖε μὲν Ἀργείη Ἑλένη, Διὸσ ἐκγεγαυῖα, κλαῖε δὲ Τηλέμαχόσ τε καὶ Ἀτρεί̈δησ Μενέλαοσ, οὐδ’ ἄρα Νέστοροσ υἱὸσ ἀδακρύτω ἔχεν ὄσσε· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 21:2)

Synonyms

  1. without tears

  2. unwept

  3. costing no tears

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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