Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄκλαυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκλαυστος ἄκλαυστη ἄκλαυστον

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

Sense

  1. unlamented
  2. unwept, not liable to death
  3. not weeping, tearless
  4. with impunity

Examples

  • Ἄκλαυστοι καὶ ἄθαπτοι, ὁδοιπόρε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ Θεσσαλίησ τρισσαὶ κείμεθα μυριάδεσ, Αἰτωλῶν δμηθέντεσ ὑπ’ Ἄρεοσ ἠδὲ Λατίνων, οὓσ Τίτοσ εὐρείησ ἤγαγ’ ἀπ’ ’ Ἰταλίησ, Ἠμαθίῃ μέγα πῆμα. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 9 2:1)
  • Ἄκλαυστοι καὶ ἄθαπτοι, ὁδοιπόρε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ Θεσσαλίασ τρισσαὶ κείμεθα μυριάδεσ, Ἠμαθίῃ μέγα πῆμα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2471)

Synonyms

  1. unlamented

  2. unwept

  3. with impunity

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

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