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

  • οὐ γὰρ ὡσ ἀδυνάτων οὐδ’ ὡσ ἀπράκτων, ἀλλὰ δι’ ἐπιείκειαν ἢ δι’ εὔνοιαν οἱ μὲν ὡσ χρηστῶν οἱ δ’ ὡσ φιλούντων καταφρονοῦσι· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 12 8:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὡσ ἀδυνάτων οὐδ’ ὡσ ἀπράκτων, ἀλλὰ δι’ ἐπιείκειαν ἢ δι’ εὔνοιαν οἱ μὲν ὡσ χρηστῶν οἱ δ’ ὡσ φιλούντων καταφρονοῦσι. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 12 3:1)
  • ἐοίκε γὰρ οὗτοσ ὁ ἀνὴρ περαιτέρω τῆσ ἀνάγκησ ἐμφιλοκαλῆσαι τοῖσ στρατιωτικοῖσ, καὶ τὸν πόλεμον ὡσ ποικιλωτάτην ὑπόθεσιν τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἀσπάσασθαι, καὶ ὅλωσ καταφρονεῖν τῶν ἀπολειπομένων ὡσ ἀπράκτων. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 4 6:1)
  • ἐπανελθόντων δὲ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἀπράκτων εἰσ τὴν οἰκείαν, δι’ ὀργῆσ εἶχον αἱ πόλεισ ἀμφότεραι τοὺσ συνθεμένουσ τὰσ σπονδὰσ στρατηγούσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 78 6:1)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION