Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλινος ἄλινη ἄλινον

Structure: ἀλιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li/non

Sense

  1. without a net, in which no net is used

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἠδυνέατο μένειν οἱ τοῖχοι ἐόντεσ ἅλινοι, εἰ ὑε͂. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 185 2:4)

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

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