Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄχρως

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄχρως ἄχρων

Etym.: a + xrws

Sense

  1. colourless

Examples

  • "τὰ δὲ θερινὰ μᾶλλον, ἥ τε λυχνὶσ καὶ τὸ Διὸσ ἄνθοσ καὶ τὸ κρίνον καὶ τὸ ἴφυον καὶ ἀμάρακοσ ὁ Φρύγιοσ, ἔτι δὲ ὁ πόθοσ καλούμενοσ, οὗτοσ δὲ ἐστι διττόσ, ὁ μὲν ἔχων τὸ ἄνθοσ ὅμοιον ὑακίνθῳ, ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ ἄχρωσ, ἔκλευκοσ,1 ᾧ χρῶνται πρὸσ τοὺσ τάφουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. colourless

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

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