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ἄλληκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλληκτος ἄλληκτη ἄλληκτον

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

Etym.: poet. for a)/lhktos, lh/gw

Sense

  1. unceasing, ceaseless
  2. implacable

Examples

  • παρὰ τοῖσι βροτῶν κεῖμαι πεπονημένοσ ἀλλήκτοισ ὀδύναισ; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode, anapests14)
  • τέχνησ πυρσὸν ὄπασσα φερέσβιον ἐκ δ’ ἄρα τέχνησ καὶ πυρὸσ ἀλλήκτου πήματοσ ὄψιν ἔχω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 871)
  • μῆνα δὲ πάντ’ ἄλληκτοσ ἀή Νότοσ, οὐδέ τισ ἄλλοσ γίγνετ’ ἔπειτ’ ἀνέμων εἰ μὴ Εὖρόσ τε Νότοσ τε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 36:2)

Synonyms

  1. unceasing

  2. implacable

Related

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

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