Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄπταιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπταιστος ἄπταιστη ἄπταιστον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + πταιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptai/w

Sense

  1. not stumbling, less apt to stumble

Examples

  • ἀπταιστότερον γὰρ καὶ ἀκοπώτερον τὸν ἵππον τῶν σκληρῶν σκελῶν παρέχει. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 9:4)

Related

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

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