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

  • ποθουμένᾳ γὰρ φρενὶ πυνθάνομαι τὰν ἀμφινεικῆ Δηιάνειραν ἀεί, οἱᾶ́ τιν’ ἄθλιον ὄρνιν, οὔποτ’ εὐνάζειν ἀδακρύτων βλεφάρων πόθον, ἀλλ’ εὔμναστον ἀνδρὸσ δεῖμα τρέφουσαν ὁδοῦ ἐνθυμίοισ εὐναῖσ ἀνανδρώτοισι τρύχεσθαι, κακὰν δύστανον ἐλπίζουσαν αἶσαν. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, antistrophe 11)

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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