Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπτώς

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Principal Part: ἀπτώς

Etym.: pi/ptw

Sense

  1. not liable to fall or fail

Examples

  • τὸ τρίτον οὐκ ἐκόνισεν ἐπωμίδασ, ἀλλὰ παλαίσασ ἀπτὼσ, τοὺσ τρισσοὺσ Ἰσθμόθεν εἷλε πόνουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 588 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐμὸσ ἀπτὼσ ἦν θάλαμοσ, τοίχων ὀρθὰ τιναξαμένων, οἷσ ὑποφωλεύουσαν ὑπήλυθον αἱ κακόμοιροι ὠδῖνεσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3752)

Synonyms

  1. not liable to fall or fail

Related

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

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