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ἄδυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδυτος ἄδυτος ἄδυτον

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

Etym.: du/w

Sense

  1. Not to be entered

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἀπεδήμησα δὲ καὶ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, ὡσ συγγενοίμην τοῖσ προφήταισ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, καὶ ἐσ τὰ ἄδυτα κατελθὼν ἐξέμαθον τὰσ βίβλουσ τὰσ Ὥρου καὶ Ἴσιδοσ, καὶ αὖθισ εἰσ Ἰταλίαν ἐκπλεύσασ οὕτω διέθηκα τοὺσ κατ’ ἐκεῖνα Ἕλληνασ, ὥστε θεὸν ἦγόν με. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 18:2)
  • οἶδ’, ἔνθα Πανὸσ ἄδυτα καὶ βωμοὶ πέλασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 3:13)
  • εἶτ’ ἐν Κρήτῃ σὺν Ἐπιμενίδῃ κατῆλθεν εἰσ τὸ Ἰδαῖον ἄντρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ εἰσ τὰ ἄδυτα· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 3:3)
  • οὓσ γὰρ ἂν ἐσ τὰ ἄδυτα ἐσιέναι θελήσωσιν, ἀποστέλλουσιν αὐτοῖσ ὀνειράτων ὄψεισ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 32 21:4)

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