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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀδάκρυτος ἀδάκρυτον
Genitive ἀδακρύτου ἀδακρύτου
Dative ἀδακρύτῳ ἀδακρύτῳ
Accusative ἀδάκρυτον ἀδάκρυτον
Vocative ἀδάκρυτε ἀδάκρυτον
DualN/A/V ἀδακρύτω ἀδακρύτω
G/D ἀδακρύτοιν ἀδακρύτοιν
PluralNominative ἀδάκρυτοι ἀδάκρυτα
Genitive ἀδακρύτων ἀδακρύτων
Dative ἀδακρύτοις ἀδακρύτοις
Accusative ἀδακρύτους ἀδάκρυτα
Vocative ἀδάκρυτοι ἀδάκρυτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀδάκρυτος ἀδακρύτου ἀδακρυτώτερος ἀδακρυτωτέρου ἀδακρυτώτατος ἀδακρυτωτάτου
Adverb ἀδακρύτως ἀδακρυτώτερον ἀδακρυτώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐδέ ποτ’ ἀστένακτοσ ἀδάκρυτοσ ἁ‐ μέρα μ’ ἐπισχήσει. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:7)
  • ὁ θανὼν δ’ ἐπι‐ λάθεται ἀλγέων ἀδάκρυτοσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 37)
  • τέκνον, οὐκ ἀδάκρυτοσ ἐκλοχεύῃ, γόοισ δὲ ματρὸσ ἐκ χερῶν ὁρίζῃ· (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric12)
  • οὐδὲν μεταλλάξασα τῆσ συνήθουσ διαίτησ, ἦν δὲ πολύφιλοσ καὶ διὰ φιλοξενίαν εὐτράπεζοσ, ἀεὶ μὲν Ἑλλήνων καὶ φιλολόγων περὶ αὐτὴν ὄντων, ἁπάντων δὲ τῶν βασιλέων καὶ δεχομένων παρ’ αὐτῆσ δῶρα καὶ πεμπόντων, ἡδίστη μὲν οὖν ἦν αὕτη τοῖσ ἀφικνουμένοισ καὶ συνοῦσι διηγουμένη τὸν τοῦ πατρὸσ Ἀφρικανοῦ βίον καὶ δίαιταν, θαυμασιωτάτη δὲ τῶν παίδων ἀπενθὴσ καὶ ἀδάκρυτοσ μνημονεύουσα, καὶ πάθη καὶ πράξεισ αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ ἀρχαίων τινῶν, ἐξηγουμένη τοῖσ πυνθανομένοισ. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 19 2:1)
  • τὴν ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆσ ἐνδέξια φασι κέλευθον Ἑρμῆν τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ εἰσ Ῥαδάμανθυν ἄγειν, ᾗ καὶ Ἀριστόνοοσ, Χαιρεστράτου οὐκ ἀδάκρυτοσ παῖσ, ἡγησίλεω δῶμ’ Αἴ̈δοσ κατέβη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5451)

Synonyms

  1. without tears

  2. unwept

  3. costing no tears

Related

Similar forms

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

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