Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄτριπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτριπτος ἄτριπτη ἄτριπτον

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

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. not worn by work, not threshed, on which one cannot tread, untraversed

Examples

  • ὄβριμον ἀκαμάτου στίχον αἴνεσον Ἀντιμάχοιο, ἄξιον ἀρχαίων ὀφρύοσ ἡμιθέων, Πιερίδων χαλκευτὸν ἐπ’ ἄκμοσιν, εἰ τορὸν οὐᾶσ ἔλλαχεσ, εἰ ζαλοῖσ τὰν ἀγέλαστον ὄπα, εἰ τὰν ἄτριπτον καὶ ἀνέμβατον ἀτραπὸν ἄλλοισ μαίεαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4091)

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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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