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ἄτλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτλητος ἄτλητη ἄτλητον

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

Sense

  1. not to be borne, insufferable
  2. not to be dared
  3. incapable of bearing

Examples

  • νῦν δὲ περισσὸν δεῖμα καὶ ἀτλήτουσ μελεδῶνασ ἄγκειμαι, στυγέων μὲν ἁλὸσ κρυόεντα κέλευθα νηὶ διαπλώειν, στυγέων δ’, ὅτ’ ἐπ’ ἠπείροιο βαίνωμεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 10:11)
  • Αὐτίκα δ’ Αἰήτησ ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο Κόλχων νόσφιν ἑοῖο δόμου, τόθι περ καὶ πρόσθε κάθιζον, ἀτλήτουσ Μινύῃσι δόλουσ καὶ κήδεα τεύχων. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:28)

Synonyms

  1. not to be borne

  2. not to be dared

  3. incapable of bearing

Derived

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

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