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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

  • "οἱ κατάρατοι δὲ οὗτοι μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ χρηστήριον, οἶμαι, καὶ ἄδυτον ἐπὶ τῇ πυρᾷ μηχανήσονται, διότι καὶ Πρωτεὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ ὁ Διόσ, ὁ προπάτωρ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ, μαντικὸσ ἦν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:87)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ λαβὼν τὰ βιβλία καὶ εἰσ τὸ ἄδυτον κατελθὼν ‐ ἤδη γὰρ ὁ νεὼσ ἐγήγερτο καὶ ἡ σκηνὴ παρεσκεύαστο ‐ καλέσειν ἔμελλε κατὰ τάξιν τοὺσ δεδωκότασ ὑπὸ κήρυκι καὶ θεολόγῳ, καὶ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούων ἕκαστα τὸ μὲν βιβλίον ἀποδώσειν σεσημασμένον ὡσ εἶχε, τὴν δὲ πρὸσ αὐτὸ ἀπόκρισιν ὑπογεγραμμένην, πρὸσ ἔποσ ἀμειβομένου τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ὅτου τισ ἔροιτο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 19:3)
  • ἔνθα καὶ τὸ ἄδυτόν ἐστιν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τὸ μαντεῖον, οὗ προειστήκει προφητεύων Ἀντιφῶν ὁ τῶν ὀνείρων ὑποκριτήσ, ταύτησ παρὰ τοῦ ’ Ὕπνου λαχὼν τῆσ τιμῆσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 33:10)
  • τάχα δὴ μεμψόμεθα τὴν Πυθίαν, ὅτι Γλαύκησ οὐ φθέγγεται τῆσ κιθαρῳδοῦ λιγυρώτερον, οὐδὲ χριομένη μύροισ οὐδ’ ἁλουργίδασ ἀμπεχομένη κάτεισιν εἰσ τὸ ἄδυτον, οὐδ’ ἐπιθυμιᾷ κασίαν ἢ λήδανον ἢ λιβανωτὸν ἀλλὰ δάφνην καὶ κρίθινον ἄλευρον. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 6 2:1)
  • ἐσ δ’ ἄδυτον κατέδυσε διὰ τριπόδων ἐριτίμων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 28:3)

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