ἄκραντος

English (LSJ)

ον, poet. Adj. (in Hom. ἀκράαντος, q. v.),

   A unfulfilled, fruitless, idle, ἔπεα, ἐλπίδες, Pi.O.1.86, P.3.23; τέχναι A.Ag.249:— neut.pl. as Adv., in vain, Pi.O.2.87; ἄκραντα βάζω A.Ch.882; οὐδ' ἄκρανθ' ὡρμήσαμεν E.Ba.435, cf. 1231; ἄκραντ' ὀδύρῃ Supp.770.    2 ineffectual, νύξ A.Ch.65.