Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄχρωστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄχρωστος ἄχρωστη ἄχρωστον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + χρωστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xrw/zw

Sense

  1. untouched, by

Examples

  • τὰ σχήματα διαφοράσ, ἐν αἷσ ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλωσ τὸν προστυγχάνοντα διατίθησι τὸ δ’ ἀναφὲσ καὶ ἄχρωστον καὶ ὅλωσ ἄποιον οὐκ ἔχει διαφοράν, ἀλλ’ ὅμοιόν ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 5 2:1)
  • καὶ τὸ ἀειδὲσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄχρωστον Αἵδησ καὶ Ἀχέρων ἐπίκλησιν ἔσχεν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 9 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. untouched

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

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