ἀκάρπωτος
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not made fruitful, uncultivated, Thphr.CP3.13.3. 2 metaph., χρησμὸς ἀ. unfulfilled oracle, A.Eu.714; νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χάριν because of some victory which yielded her no tribute, S.Aj.176.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκάρπωτος: -ον, = ὁ μὴ γινόμενος καρποφόρος, ὁ μὴ παράγων καρπόν, Θεοφρ. Αἰτ. Φ. 3. 13, 3. 2) μεταφ., χρησμὸς ἀκ., χρησμὸς μὴ ἐκπληρωθείς, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 714· νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χάριν, ἕνεκα νίκης τινός, ἥτις οὐδένα καρπὸν ἔφερεν εἰς αὐτήν, Σοφ. Αἴ. 176: - πρβλ. καρπός (Α) ΙΙΙ.
