Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀσύμβατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσύμβατος ἀσύμβατη ἀσύμβατον

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

Etym.: sumbai/nw

Sense

  1. not coming to terms, to be irreconcilable

Examples

  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ στέρησιν καὶ ἕξιν ἀντίθεσισ πολεμικὴ καὶ ἀσύμβατόσ ἐστιν, οὐσίαν θατέρου τὴν θατέρου φθορὰν ἔχοντοσ· (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 3 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. not coming to terms

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

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