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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

  • "ἐκ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ μὴ ὄντοσ οὐκ εἶναι γένεσιν, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ὄντων μηδὲν ἂν γενέσθαι τῷ μήτε πάσχειν μήτε μεταβάλλειν τὰσ ἀτόμουσ ὑπὸ στερρότητοσ ὅθεν οὔτε χρόαν ἐξ ἀχρώστων οὔτε φύσιν ἢ ψυχὴν ἐξ ἀποίων καὶ ἀπαθῶν ὑπάρχειν. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 810)

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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