Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἄνδρεσ πολῖται, δείν’ ἔπη πεπυσμένοσ κατηγορεῖν μου τὸν τύραννον Οἰδίπουν, πάρειμ’ ἀτλητῶν. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode1)

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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