Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄχρηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄχρηστος ἄχρηστη ἄχρηστον

Structure: ἀχρηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xra/omai

Sense

  1. useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, without effect, unfit for, useless
  2. useless, do-nothing
  3. making no use of
  4. unkind, cruel

Examples

  • ἔτι μήν, ὃ πολλαπλασιαζόμενον τὴν ὠφέλειαν ἀπόλλυσιν, ἀχρηστότερον τοιοῦτον δὲ τὸ πῦρ, οἱο͂ν θηρίον παμφάγον καὶ δάπανον τῶν παρακειμένων, καὶ μεθόδῳ καὶ τέχνῃ μᾶλλον καὶ μετριότητι ἢ τῇ αὑτοῦ φύσει ὠφέλιμον· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 61)
  • μή τι ἀχρηστότερον τριχῶν τῶν ἐπὶ γενείου; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. useless

  2. making no use of

  3. unkind

Related

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

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