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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

  • "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 ὂν 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 ὡρ́ασ 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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