Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπόνητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόνητος

Structure: ἀπονητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pone/w

Sense

  1. without toil, with least trouble
  2. without suffering

Examples

  • ἦ γὰρ δὴ νῦν γε οὗτοι ἀπονητότατα καρπὸν κομίζονται ἐκ γῆσ τῶν τε ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων πάντων καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν Αἰγυπτίων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 14 3:1)
  • εἶπε πρὸσ ταῦτα Ξέρξησ "Δημάρητε, τέῳ τρόπῳ ἀπονητότατα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τούτων ἐπικρατήσομεν; (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 234 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. without toil

  2. without suffering

Related

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

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