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ἀκαρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκαρής ἀκαρές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + καρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kei/rw

Sense

  1. (of hair) too short to be cut
  2. (in general, especially of time) very short

Examples

  • ἀτὰρ καὶ οὗτοσ αὐτὸσ ὑπὸ τοῦ παρεστῶτοσ οἰκέτου Μαιανδρίου προδοθεὶσ Ὀροίτῃ τῷ σατράπῃ ἀνασκολοπισθήσεται, ἅθλιοσ ἐκπεσὼν τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ ἐν ἀκαρεῖ τοῦ χρόνου· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 14:5)
  • "καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο πάνυ ὀψὲ δρᾶν αὐτὸ ἐοίκεν, ὃν ἐχρῆν πάλαι ἐσ τὸν τοῦ Φαλάριδοσ ταῦρον ἐμπεσόντα τὴν ἀξίαν ἀποτετικέναι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἅπαξ χανόντα πρὸσ τὴν φλόγα ἐν ἀκαρεῖ τεθνάναι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:53)
  • ὁπόσον γὰρ δὴ ἐγὼ ἐξυφήνω, τοῦτο ἐν ἀκαρεῖ αὖθισ ἀναλύεται. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 21:2)
  • ταῦτα δέ μοι οὐ πάνυ εὐδαίμονα δοκεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἐοίκασιν ὑμῶν οἱ μέν τινεσ εὐτυχεῖσ τε καὶ εὔμοιροι εἶναι, οἱ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν, ὅτι καὶ λῃστεύεσθε ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ καὶ περισυλᾶσθε ὑπὸ τῶν ἱεροσύλων καὶ ἐκ πλουσιωτάτων πενέστατοι ἐν ἀκαρεῖ γίγνεσθε· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 8:7)
  • ὡσ γοῦν ὑπέσχετο αὐτῷ ὁ τόξαρισ, ἐξ ἑνὸσ ἀνδρὸσ τοῦ Σόλωνοσ ἅπαντα ἔγνω ἐν ἀκαρεῖ καὶ πᾶσιν ἦν γνώριμοσ καὶ ἐτιμᾶτο δἰ ἐκεῖνον· (Lucian, Scytha 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. very short

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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