Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκάρδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκάρδιος

Structure: ἀκαρδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kardi/a

Sense

  1. wanting the heart

Examples

  • ὃσ ἐκ χειλέων προφέρει σοφίαν, ράβδῳ τύπτει ἄνδρα ἀκάρδιον. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 10:14)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν φύσει γε συστῆναι ζῷον ἀκάρδιον. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 63 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. wanting the heart

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

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