Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄδραστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδραστος ἄδραστη ἄδραστον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + δραστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: didra/skw

Sense

  1. not running away, not inclined to do so

Examples

  • μὴ βουληθέντασ δὲ διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸν Δαρεῖον πίστιν, ἀνδράποδα χρηστὰ καὶ ἄδραστα ἐκάλει. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 1:1)
  • μὴ βουληθέντασ δὲ διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸν Δαρεῖον πίστιν, ἀνδράποδα χρηστὰ καὶ ἄδραστα ἐκάλει. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 12)

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

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