ακαμπής
From LSJ
ἀλλ’ οὔτε πολλὰ τραύματ’ ἐν στέρνοις λαβὼν θνῄσκει τις, εἰ μὴ τέρμα συντρέχοι βίου, οὔτ’ ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ’ ἑστίᾳ φεύγει τι μᾶλλον τὸν πεπρωμένον μόρον → But a man will not die, even though he has been wounded repeatedly in the chest, should the appointed end of his life not have caught up with him; nor can one who sits beside his hearth at home escape his destined death any the more
Greek Monolingual
(-ούς), -ές (Α ἀκαμπής)
άκαμπτος, αλύγιστος, ίσιος
αρχ.
1. μτφ. αλύγιστος, ασυγκίνητος
«ἀκαμπὴς πρὸς οἶκτον» (Πλούτ. 959 f)
2. σταθερός, ανυποχώρητος
3. αναπόφευκτος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἀ- στερητ. + -καμπὴς < κάμπτω.
