Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄπηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπηρος ἄπηρᾱ ἄπηρον

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

Sense

  1. unmaimed

Examples

  • οὐκ ἄρα τοῦτο μάταιον ἔποσ μερόπων τινὶ λέχθη, ῥήγνυσθαι σοφίησ τόξον ἀνιέμενον δὴ γὰρ καὶ Θεόφραστοσ ἑώσ ἐπόνει μὲν ἄπηροσ ἦν δέμασ, εἶτ’ ἀνεθεὶσ κάτθανε πηρομελήσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1101)
  • δὴ γὰρ καὶ Θεόφραστοσ ἑώσ ἐπόνει μὲν ἄπηροσ ἦν δέμασ, εἶτ’ ἀνεθεὶσ κάτθανε πηρομελήσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. b'. QEOFRASTOS 5:6)
  • ἄτην μὲν καὶ ἐπιθυμίην οὐκ ὁμοίωσ δυνατὸσ ἐκείνῳ ἐνεῖκαι, ταῦτα δὲ ἡ εὐτυχίη οἱ ἀπερύκει, ἄπηροσ δὲ ἐστί, ἄνουσοσ, ἀπαθὴσ κακῶν, εὔπαισ, εὐειδήσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 32 7:3)

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

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