Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄρρυθμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρρυθμος ἄρρυθμη ἄρρυθμον

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

Sense

  1. not in rhythm or time, unrhythmical, in undue measure, ill-proportioned

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἡ σχεδὸν ἀλόγιστόσ τε καὶ ἄτακτοσ ἀσχήμων τε καὶ ἄρρυθμοσ ἀνάρμοστόσ τε φορά, καὶ πάνθ’ ὁπόσα κακοῦ κεκοινώνηκέν τινοσ, ἐπιλέλειπται παντὸσ ἀριθμοῦ, καὶ δεῖ τοῦθ’ οὕτω διανοεῖσθαι τὸν μέλλοντα εὐδαίμονα τελευτήσειν· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 38:2)

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

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