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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

Examples

  • ὁρῶν οὖν ὁ Σουρήνασ τούσ τε Πάρθουσ ἀμβλύτερον ἤδη κινδυνεύοντασ, καὶ ἤν ἥ τε νὺξ ἐπίσχῃ καὶ τῶν ὀρῶν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι λάβωνται, παντάπασιν αὐτοὺσ ἐσομένουσ ἀλήπτουσ, ἐπῆγε τῷ Κράσσῳ δόλον. (Plutarch, chapter 30 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπ’ ἐκείνων ἐφ’ ὧν ἀλήπτουσ ἢ δυσλήπτουσ εἶναι τὰσ αἰτίασ συμβαίνει, διαπορητέον· (Polybius, Histories, book 36, ii. bellum macedonicum 12:1)

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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