Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκάρπωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκάρπωτος ἀκάρπωτη ἀκάρπωτον

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

Etym.: karpo/w

Sense

  1. not made fruitful, without fruit, fruitless, unfulfilled, which yielded no fruit

Examples

  • ἦ ῥά σε Ταυροπόλα Διὸσ Ἄρτεμισ ‐ ὦ μεγάλα φάτισ, ὦ μᾶτερ αἰσχύνασ ἐμᾶσ ‐ ὡρ́μασε πανδάμουσ ἐπὶ βοῦσ ἀγελαίασ, ἦ πού τινοσ νίκασ ἀκάρπωτον χάριν, ἤ ῥα κλυτῶν ἐνάρων ψευσθεῖσ’, ἀδώροισ, εἴτ’ ἐλαφαβολίασ; (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 11)

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

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