Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνιπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνιπτος ἄνιπτη ἄνιπτον

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

Etym.: ni/zw

Sense

  1. unwashen
  2. not to be washed out

Examples

  • ὃσ ποταμὸν διαβῇ κακότητ’ ἰδὲ χεῖρασ ἄνιπτοσ, τῷ δὲ θεοὶ νεμεσῶσι καὶ ἄλγεα δῶκαν ὀπίσσω. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 86:2)

Synonyms

  1. unwashen

  2. not to be washed out

Related

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

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