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ἀκαρπία

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: ἀκαρπία Medium diacritics: ἀκαρπία Low diacritics: ακαρπία Capitals: ΑΚΑΡΠΙΑ
Transliteration A: akarpía Transliteration B: akarpia Transliteration C: akarpia Beta Code: a)karpi/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A unfruitfulness, barrenness, A.Eu.801, Hp.Vict.4.90, Arist.Mir.842a22.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκαρπία: ἡ, ἀφορία, στείρωσις, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 801, Ἱππ. 378. 491, Ἀριστ. περὶ Θαυμ. Ἀκ. 122. 2. [ἀκαρπῖη, Χρησ. Σιβ. 4. 73].

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
stérilité.
Étymologie: ἄκαρπος.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ

• Alolema(s): -ίη Orac.Sib.4.73
esterilidad μηδ' ἀκαρπίαν τεύξητε A.Eu.801, cf. Hp.Vict.4.90.3, Arist.Mir.842a22, LXX Pr.9.12c, op. πολυκαρπία Plu.2.103b, τῶν ἐλαιῶν IStratonikeia 310.30 (IV d.C.), ἀρουρῶν PLond.1674.34 (VI d.C.), cf. Orac.Sib.4.73
fig. esterilidad espiritual Isid.Pel.Ep.M.78.189C, 308C.