Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄπρακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπρακτος

Structure: ἀπρακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. doing nothing, ineffectual, unprofitable
  2. without success, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully
  3. against which nothing can be done, impracticable
  4. not to be done, impossible
  5. not done, left undone
  6. unassailed

Examples

  • "λῦσαν δ’ ἄπρακτα νεάνιδεσ ὥστ’ ὄρνισ ἱέρακοσ ὑπερπταμένω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 5:29)
  • λόγου συμμετρίασ παρέλιπον, ἀρκεσθεὶσ τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ πρὸσ τὸ μὴ δεῖν πέρα τοῦ φυσικοῦ καὶ μετρίου πρὸσ ἄπρακτα πένθη καὶ θρήνουσ ἀγεννεῖσ ἐκτρέπεσθαι. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 24 10:1)
  • ἀλλὰ ταῦτ’ ἄχρηστα, ἄπρακτα, ἀνόνητα ὑπὸ τῶν πωλούντων γίγνεται. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 47:2)
  • καὶ διὰ μὲν τοῦτον πάντα τῇ πόλει ἄπρακτα γέγονεν καὶ τοῖσ συμμάχοισ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 70:1)
  • τὸν εἰσ τὸ ἄρχειν, ἔφη, νὴ Δία παιδευόμενον, ὅπωσ μὴ τὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἄπρακτα γίγνηται παρὰ τὴν ἐκείνου ἀρχήν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. not to be done

  2. not done

  3. unassailed

Related

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

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