ἄληπτος
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not to be laid hold of, hard to catch, Plu.Sert.16, Poll.5.169, etc.; ἄ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς J.AJ5.8.11: in Comp. ἀληπτότερος Th.1.37, 82, 143. II incomprehensible, Phld.Mus.p.54K., Plu.Nic.11, al. III in Stoic philos., ἄληπτα, τά, things not to be made matter of choice, opp. ληπτά, Stoic.3.34.
German (Pape)
[Seite 95] 1) unnehmbar, unbesiegbar, Thuc. 1, 82. 143; öfter Plut., nicht zu fangen, Crass. 18. – 2) unbegreiflich, λογισμῷ Plut. Nic. 11. Bei den Stoikern τὰ ἄληπτα, die unannehmbaren Dinge.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄληπτος: -ον, ὃν δὲν δύναταί τις νὰ λάβῃ, πιάσῃ, δύσληπτος, Πλούτ., κτλ. ― συγκριτ. ἀληπτότερος, ὅσῳ ἀληπτότεροι ἦσαν, ἀπροσβλητότεροι, μᾶλλον ἐξησφαλισμένοι ἀπὸ τῶν προσβολῶν τῶν ἄλλων, Θουκ. 1. 37, 82, 143. ΙΙ. ἀκατάληπτος, ἀκατανόητος, Πλουτ. Νικ. 11, καὶ ἀλλ. ΙΙΙ. ἐν τῇ Στωϊκῇ Φιλοσοφίᾳ ἄληπτα λέγονται τὰ ἀπαράδεκτα, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὰ ληπτά.
