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ἀκοίμητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκοίμητος ἀκοίμητη ἀκοίμητον

Structure: ἀκοιμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: koima/w

Sense

  1. sleepless

Examples

  • ὕδατι δ’ ἐν μέσσῳ Νύμφαι χορὸν ἀρτίζοντο, Νύμφαι ἀκοίμητοι, δειναὶ θεαὶ ἀγροιώταισ, Εὐνείκα καὶ Μαλὶσ ἐάρ θ’ ὁρόωσα Νύχεια, ἤτοι ὁ κοῦροσ ἐπεῖχε ποτῷ πολυχανδέα κρωσσὸν βάψαι ἐπειγόμενοσ, ταὶ δ’ ἐν χερὶ πᾶσαι ἔφυσαν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 13)
  • κῦμα τὸ πικρὸν Ἔρωτοσ, ἀκοίμητοί τε πνέοντεσ ζῆλοι, καὶ κώμων χειμέριον πέλαγοσ, ποῖ φέρομαι; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1901)

Synonyms

  1. sleepless

Related

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

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