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

  • ἁ δ’ ὁδὸσ ἄτρυτοσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 12)
  • "ὅ τε γὰρ ὀφθαλμὸσ ἄτρυτόσ ἐστιν αὐτῶν, ὥστε καὶ καθεύδειν ἀναπεπταμένοισ τοῖσ ὄμμασιν ὀξυηκοϊᾴ δὲ δοκεῖ διαφέρειν, ἣν Αἰγύπτιοι θαυμάσαντεσ ἐν τοῖσ ἱεροῖσ γράμμασιν ἀκοὴν σημαίνουσιν οὖσ λαγωοῦ γράφοντεσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 6:6)

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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