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

  • ἐλπὶσ ἀνθρώπων ὑφαιρ[εῖται νόημ]α ἃ καὶ τότ’ Ἄδραστον Ταλ[αϊονίδαν πέμπεν ἐσ Θήβασ Πολυνείκεϊ πλα[γκτῷ] πρόξεν[ον. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 2:4)
  • λαβὼν δ’ Ἄδραστον δεῖγμα τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων ἐσ πλῆθοσ ἀστῶν εἶμι· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic 1:13)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἀπαυδῶ πᾶσ τε Καδμεῖοσ λεὼσ Ἄδραστον ἐσ γῆν τήνδε μὴ παριέναι· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 3:3)
  • τοὺσ ἐκεῖ μὲν ἐκλιπὼν εἰάσα μύθουσ, νῦν δ’ Ἄδραστον εἰσορῶ· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode2)
  • τόνδε δ’ ὀμνύναι χρεὼν Ἄδραστον· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode14)

Related

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

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