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

  • ᾗ γε μηδὲ πρὸσ θεοὺσ ἔξεστ’ ἀκλαύστῳ τῆσδ’ ἀποστῆναι στέγησ. (Sophocles, episode 1:12)

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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