Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀχρεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀχρεῖος ἀχρεῖη ἀχρεῖον

Structure: ἀχρει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. useless, unprofitable, good for nothing
  2. unserviceable, unfit for war, the unserviceable part
  3. helpless, foolish, without cause or meaning, forced, without cause

Examples

  • ἀχρείωσ γέλασόν με, τὰ δ’ Εὐκλείουσ πεφύλαξο σίνεσθαι, μὴ καὶ σαρδάνιον γελάσῃσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 86 1:1)
  • αἵ τε γὰρ κράτισται τῶν νεῶν αὐτῷ διωλώλεσαν, καὶ αἱ ἕτεραι πρὸσ ναυμαχίαν εἶχον ἀχρείωσ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 9 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. useless

Related

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

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