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ἄτρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτρυτος ἄτρυτη ἄτρυτον

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

Etym.: tru/w

Sense

  1. not worn away, untiring, unwearied, indefatigable
  2. unabating, wearisome

Examples

  • ἠέλιοσ δ’ ἵπποισ θυμήρεα δόρπον ὀπάζει ὕλην αἰενάουσαν, ἵνα δρόμον ἐκτελέσωσιν ἄτρυτοι, καὶ μὴ τιν’ ἕλοι μεσσηγὺσ ἀνίη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 482)

Synonyms

  1. not worn away

Related

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

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