Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπάλαμνος

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπάλαμνος

Sense

  1. without hands, helpless, good for naught
  2. impracticable, reckless, lawless

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὴ καὶ τῷ Πιττακῷ λέγει ὅτι ἐγώ, ὦ Πιττακέ, οὐ διὰ ταῦτά σε ψέγω, ὅτι εἰμὶ φιλόψογοσ, ἐπεὶ ‐ ἔμοιγ’ ἐξαρκεῖὃσ ἂν μὴ κακὸσ ᾖ μηδ’ ἄγαν ἀπάλαμνοσ, εἰ‐δώσ τ’ ὀνησίπολιν δίκαν ὑγιὴσ ἀνήρ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 304:3)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἀνὴρ ἀπάλαμνοσ ἰὼν πολέοσ πεδίοιο στήῃ ἐπ’ ὠκυρόῳ ποταμῷ ἅλα δὲ προρέοντι ἀφρῷ μορμύροντα ἰδών, ἀνά τ’ ἔδραμ’ ὀπίσσω, ὣσ τότε Τυδεί̈δησ ἀνεχάζετο, εἶπέ τε λαῷ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 62:2)

Synonyms

  1. impracticable

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

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