Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄπαυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπαυστος ἄπαυστη ἄπαυστον

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

Etym.: pau/omai

Sense

  1. unceasing, never-ending
  2. not to be stopped or assuaged, insatiable
  3. never ceasing from

Examples

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν αὐτίκα ἐνηγγύα, καὶ ἠσπάζοντο ἀλλήλουσ, καὶ βοαὶ παρὰ τοῦ στρατοῦ καὶ εὐφημίαι πρὸσ ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν ἦσαν ἄπαυστοι δι’ ὅλησ τε τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἀνὰ τὴν νύκτα πᾶσαν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 7 5:3)
  • Περὶ δὲ τὰσ Σάρδεισ ἄπαυστοι καὶ συνεχεῖσ ἀκροβολισμοὶ συνίσταντο καὶ κίνδυνοι καὶ νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν, πᾶν γένοσ ἐνέδρασ, ἀντενέδρασ, ἐπιθέσεωσ ἐξευρισκόντων τῶν στρατιωτῶν κατ’ ἀλλήλων· (Polybius, Histories, book 7, vii. res asiae 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. unceasing

Related

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

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