Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ πολλῶν ἐθάδεσ ὄντεσ πόνων διὰ τὰσ ἀτρύτουσ καὶ συνεχεῖσ στρατείασ ἅπαντα τὰ δεινὰ γενναίωσ ἀνέφερον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 10 6:3)

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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