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ἀκαρής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: akarēs

Principal Part: ἀκαρής ἀκαρές

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

Etym.: κείρω

Sense

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

Declension

Third 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 δ ἀκαρὲς νῦν μὲν ἀπίασι διὰ τὴν ἀντίκρουσιν, νῦν δὲ προσίασι, τῆς πληγῆς ἐκλυθείσης, πλεῖον ἢ διπλάσιον χωρὶς εἰσιν ἀλλήλων χρόνον, οὐ ψαύουσαι καὶ πλησιάζουσαι, ὥστε μηδὲν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποτελεῖσθαι μηδ ἄψυχον. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 10 1:11)
  • "ὁ δ οἱᾶ δὴ σοφίας οὐδ ἀκαρὲς ἀπέχων ὡς ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἔλαβε τὸ μὴ εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τὸ εἶναι μὴ ὀ`ν τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 154)
  • ὅτι δὲ καὶ πεφιλιππιδῶσθαι ἔλεγον τὸ λελεπτύνθαι Ἄλεξις ἐν Μανδραγοριζομένῃ φησὶν κακῶς ἔχεις,6 στρουθὶς ἀκαρὴς νὴ Δί ἐγένου πεφιλιππίδωσαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 77 3:6)
  • Ἐπικούρῳ μὲν γὰρ οὐδ ἀκαρὲς ἐγκλῖναι τὴν ἄτομον συγχωροῦσιν, ὡς ἀναίτιον ἐπεισάγοντι κίνησιν ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος: (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 6 15:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἀκαρὲς χρόνου καὶ ὡρ´ας ἐκ τῆς ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα φαυλότητος εἰς οὐκ ἔχουσαν ὑπερβολὴν ἀρετῆς διάθεσιν μεταβαλὼν ὁ σοφός, ἧς οὐδ ἐν χρόνῳ πολλῷ μέρος ἀφεῖλε κακίας ἅμα πᾶσαν ἐξαίφνης ἐκπέφευγε. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 1 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. very short

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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