Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφλεκτος ἄφλεκτη ἄφλεκτον

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

Etym.: fle/gw

Sense

  1. unburnt, unconsumed by fire

Examples

  • οὐδ’ ἦσαν θεῶν θυσίαι, βωμοῖσ δ’ ἄφλεκτοι πέλανοι· (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 15)

Synonyms

  1. unburnt

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

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