Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκράαντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκράαντος ἀκράαντη ἀκράαντον

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

Etym.: epic form of a)/krantos

Sense

  1. unfulfilled, fruitless

Examples

  • τοῖα κατακνώσσουσα μινυνθαδίῳ νέον ὕπνῳ λεύσσω ὀνείρατα λυγρά, τά τισ θεὸσ ἀκράαντα θείη, μηδ’ ἀλεγεινὸν ἐφ’ υἱάσι κῆδοσ ἕλοιο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 12:15)
  • τὰ μὲν οὐ θέμισ ἀκράαντα ἐν γαίῃ πεσέειν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 7:25)
  • τῶν οἳ μέν κ’ ἔλθωσι διὰ πριστοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ, οἵ ῥ’ ἐλεφαίρονται, ἔπε’ ἀκράαντα φέροντεσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 60:5)

Synonyms

  1. unfulfilled

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

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