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ἀκατάληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκατάληπτος ἀκατάληπτος ἀκατάληπτον

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

Sense

  1. Not to be seized or conquered
  2. incomprehensible

Examples

  • τῆσ δὲ φαντασίασ τὴν μὲν καταληπτικήν, τὴν δὲ ἀκατάληπτον· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 46:1)
  • ἀκατάληπτον δὲ τὴν μὴ ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντοσ, ἢ ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντοσ μέν, μὴ κατ’ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ὑπάρχον· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 46:3)
  • καὶ τοῦτο δ’ ὁ Ιὤσηποσ ἐμπεριειλήφει τειχίζων τὴν πόλιν, ὡσ ἀκατάληπτον εἶναι πολεμίοισ τὴν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆσ ἀκρώρειαν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 198:1)

Synonyms

  1. incomprehensible

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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