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ἀχρήματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀχρήματος

Structure: ἀχρηματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xrh/mata

Sense

  1. without money or means

Examples

  • "εὑρ́οισ δ’ ἂν ἐπιὼν πόλεισ ἀτειχίστουσ, ἀγραμμάτουσ, ἀβασιλεύτουσ, ἀοίκουσ, ἀχρημάτουσ, νομίσματοσ μὴ δεομένασ, ἀπείρουσ θεάτρων καὶ γυμνασίων ἀνιέρου δὲ πόλεωσ καὶ ἀθέου, μὴ χρωμένησ εὐχαῖσ μηδ’ ὁρ́κοισ μηδὲ μαντείαισ μηδὲ θυσίαισ ἐπ’ ἀγαθοῖσ μηδ’ ἀποτροπαῖσ κακῶν οὐδεὶσ ἐστιν οὐδ’ ἔσται γεγονὼσ θεατήσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 31 1:9)

Synonyms

  1. without money or means

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

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