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

  • καὶ νῦν, ἵνα μὴ γένηται ὁ κύριόσ μου ἔκβολοσ καὶ ἄπρακτοσ καὶ ἐπιπεσεῖται θάνατοσ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ κατελάβετο αὐτοὺσ ἁμάρτημα, ἐν ᾧ παροργιοῦσι τὸν Θεὸν αὐτῶν, ὁπηνίκα ἂν ποιήσωσιν ἀτοπίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 11:11)
  • ἄπρακτοσ γὰρ ἡ σπουδὴ τοῦ λόγου τῶν ἐλάττονα τῆσ βουλήσεωσ ἐχόντων τὴν δύναμιν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 29:2)
  • ὁ μὲν Ὅμηροσ ἡμῖν ἄπρακτοσ, ἡ μεγίστη ἐλπίσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 3:11)
  • ὥστε κινδυνεύει ὁ Φειδίασ ἄπρακτοσ ἀπεληλυθέναι μάτην ἀναπλάσασ τὸν λέοντα· (Lucian, 113:3)
  • καὶ μέχρι μέν τινοσ γενναίωσ ἀντέσχεν σὺν τοῖσ περὶ αὐτὸν ὁ Αἰβούτιοσ, ἀχρεῖον δ’ ὁρῶν κατὰ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οὖσαι αὐτῷ τὴν ἱππικὴν δύναμιν ἀναζεύγνυσιν ἄπρακτοσ εἰσ Γάβαν πόλιν, τρεῖσ ἄνδρασ ἀποβαλὼν κατὰ τὴν μάχην. (Flavius Josephus, 141:1)

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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