Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκόλυμβος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκόλυμβος ἀκόλυμβη ἀκόλυμβον

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

Sense

  1. unable to swim

Examples

  • πολλοὶ καὶ προσδιαλέγονται τοῖσ ἐπταικόσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀχρήστωσ μᾶλλον δὲ βλαβερῶσ, καθάπερ ἀκόλυμβοι πνιγομένοισ ἐπιχειροῦντεσ βοηθεῖν περιπλεκόμενοι καὶ συγκαταδύνοντεσ· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 1 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. unable to swim

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

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