Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνάελπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάελπτος ἀνάελπτη ἀνάελπτον

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

Etym.: e)/lpomai

Sense

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Examples

  • σῇσι δ’ ἐπιφροσύνῃσιν ὑπὸ ζόφου ἠερόεντοσ ἄψορρον δ’ ἐξαῦτισ ἀμειλίκτων ὑπὸ δεσμῶν ἠλύθομεν, Κρόνου υἱὲ ἄναξ, ἀνάελπτα παθόντεσ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 64:3)

Synonyms

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Similar forms

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

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