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 Τιμόθεον μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων οὐ κατέλαβον, ἄπρακτόν τε ἀπὸ τῶν τόπων ἐκλελυκότα, καταλελοιπότα δὲ φρουρὰν ἔν τινι τόπῳ καὶ μάλα ὀχυράν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:18)
  • ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν κραδάνασ αὐτὸν ὡσ κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου, ὥστε κατ’ ἐδάφουσ ἄπρακτον, ἔτι καὶ τοῖσ μέλεσι παραλελυμένον μηδὲ φωνῆσαι δύνασθαι δικαίᾳ περιπεπλεγμένον κρίσει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:22)
  • πολλὰ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἃ καὶ αὐτοὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ τοῖσ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ ὀνομάζουσιν, ἀποφράδα δὲ μόνοι ἐκεῖνοι τὴν μιαρὰν καὶ ἀπευκτὴν καὶ ἀπαίσιον καὶ ἄπρακτον καὶ σοὶ ὁμοίαν ἡμέραν. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 8:5)
  • ἐκεῖνό γε μὴν μεμάθηκα ἤδη, ὡσ οὐκ ἀσφαλὲσ ἄπρακτον ὄντα συνεστιᾶσθαι τοιούτοισ σοφοῖσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 48:3)
  • "ὁρ́α μὲν οἱάσ ὑποτίθεσθε πρὸσ γένεσιν ἀρχάσ, ἀπειρίαν καὶ κενόν ὧν τὸ μὲν ἄπρακτον ἀπαθὲσ ἀσώματον, ἡ δ’ ἄτακτοσ ἄλογοσ ἀπερίληπτοσ, αὑτὴν ἀναλύουσα καὶ ταράττουσα τῷ μὴ κρατεῖσθαι μηδ’ ὁρίζεσθαι διὰ πλῆθοσ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 135)

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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