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

  • οὐδ’ αὐτά, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, ἀχρεῖα ᾄσματα καὶ αὐλήματα. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 23:9)
  • ὅσοι δὲ αὐτῶν κάτω συννενευκότεσ παλαίουσιν, καταπίπτειν τε ἀσφαλῶσ μανθάνουσι καὶ ἀνίστασθαι εὐμαρῶσ καὶ ὠθισμοὺσ καὶ περιπλοκὰσ καὶ λυγισμοὺσ καὶ ἄγχεσθαι δύνασθαι καὶ εἰσ ὕψοσ ἀναβαστάσαι τὸν ἀντίπαλον, οὐκ ἀχρεῖα οὐδὲ οὗτοι ἐκμελετῶντεσ, ἀλλὰ ἓν μὲν τὸ πρῶτον καὶ μέγιστον ἀναμφιβόλωσ κτώμενοι· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:6)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὥσπερ αἱ βάναυσοι τὰ σώματα ἀχρεῖα ποιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ δυνάμενα θυραυλεῖν καὶ πονεῖν, ἔτι δὲ δυνάμενα κινδυνεύειν πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 13:2)
  • "ἀχρεῖα γὰρ καὶ ὑπεναντία τῷ πράγματι. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:15)
  • τῶν δ’ ἄλλων ὑδάτων τὰ μὲν ἐκ πετρῶν φερόμενα δνοφερὰ καλεῖ ὡσ ἀχρεῖα δηλονότι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 151)

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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