ἄπρακτος
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἄπρηκτος, ον, Pi.I.8(7).7 codd.: I Act., unavailing, unprofitable, ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον Il.2.121; ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας ib.376; ἄ. ἐλπίς Simon.5.16, cf. Pi. l.c.; ἄ. γίγνεταί τι D.9.40; ἄ. ἡμέραι days when no business is done, holidays, Plu.2.270a, cf. BGU 255.8(vi A. D.); restful, παῦλα B.9.8; ἄ. ἑορτή Proll.Hermog. in Rh. 4.15 W.(s. v.l.); ἀ. χρόνος period of inaction, Plb.2.31.10. b of a farm, untilled, Lys.7.6. 2 of persons, unsuccessful, ἄπρηκτος νέεσθαι Il.14.221; ἄ. ἀπιέναι, ἀπελθεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν, Th.4.61,99, 1.111; ἄ. γίγνεσθαι gain nothing, Id.2.59; ἄ. ἀποπέμπειν τινά Id.1.24: Comp., Socr.Ep.6.7. Adv. -τως unsuccessfully, Th.6.48; ἄπρακτ' ὀδυρόμενον in vain, B.Fr.8. 3 not taking part in the action, ἄ. κηδευτὴς ὁ χορός Arist.Pr.922b26; doing nothing, idle, Ti.Locr.104e, Arr.Epict.1.10.7. Adv. ἀεργῶς καὶ ἀ. PFlor.295.5 (vi A. D.). 4 impotent, μόρια Orib. Fr.67, cf. Dsc.3.101. Adv. -τως, βοηθεῖ οὐκ ἀ. Orib.Fr.129. II Pass., against which nothing can be done, unmanageable, incurable, ὀδύναι, ἀνίη, Od.2.79, 12.223; μεληδόνες Simon.39; φόβων -ότατος καὶ ἀπορώτατος ὁ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας Plu.2.165d. 2 not to be done, impossible, πρᾶγμα, ἔργμα, Thgn.1075, 1031; ἄπρηκτα impossibilities, Id.461. 3 not done, left undone, X.Mem.2.1.2, D.19.278; ἄ. ποιῆσαί τι undo it, Id.Prooem.41. 4 c. gen., κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς ἄ. ὑμῖν εἰμί not unassailed even by your divining arts, S.Ant.1035.
