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ἄληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄληπτος ἄληπτη ἄληπτον

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

Sense

  1. not to be laid hold of, hard to catch, less amenable
  2. incomprehensible

Synonyms

  1. incomprehensible

Related

Derived

  • ληπτός (to be apprehended, , to be apprehended by the senses)

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

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