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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

  • τὸν δὲ Νεεμίαν οὐδὲν τούτων ἐξέστησεν τῆσ σπουδῆσ τῆσ περὶ τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ στῖφόσ τι φυλακῆσ ἕνεκα τοῦ σώματοσ περιβαλλόμενοσ ἀτρύτωσ ὑπέμενεν, ὑπὸ τῆσ περὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐπιθυμίασ ἀναισθητῶν καὶ τῆσ ταλαιπωρίασ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 11 213:1)

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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