ἄληκτος
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English (LSJ)
(A), ον, (λήγω)
A unceasing, πένθος IG14.2126.6; δίψα Ph.1.381, al.; interminable, βυβλίον Demetr.Lac.Herc.1061.7. Adv. ἀλήκτως Ph.2.420; ἀ. ἔχειν τινός Eun.VSp.458.26B.
ἄληκτος (B), ον,
A = ἄδαστος, Eust.64.40; cf. ἄλλ-. ἀλήλεκα, ἀλήθ-λεμαι or ἀλήθ-λεσμαι, v. ἀλέω (A). ἀλήλῐφα, ἀλήθ-λιμμαι, v. ἀλείφω. ἄλημα[ ᾰλ], ατος, τό, (ἀλέω A) fine meal: metaph., of a fine-witted, wily knave, as Ulvsses, S.Aj.381,390 (lyr.), cf. Ant.320 (v.l.). II (ἀλάομαι). = ὁδοιπορία, Hsch. ἀλήμεναι, ἀλῆναι, v. εἴλω.
German (Pape)
[Seite 95] unaufhörlich, πένθος Ep. ad. 662 (App. 136); App. Hannib. 40; s. ἄλληκτος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄληκτος: -ον, (λήγω) ὁ μὴ λήγων, διαρκής, ἀδιάκοπος, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 6303 (κατ’ ἀνάγκην τοῦ μέτρου)· πρβλ. ἄλληκτος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
incessant, sans fin.
Étymologie: ἀ, λήγω.
