ἀθάνατος

English (LSJ)

ον, also η, ον (so regularly in sense1.1, poet. and Isoc.9.16):—

   A undying, immortal, Hom., etc.; ἀ. πρόσωπον, of Aphrodite, Sapph.1.14:— hence ἀθάνατοι, οἱ, the Immortals, Hom., Pi.Pae.6.50, etc.; ἀθάναται ἅλιαι, i.e. the sea goddesses, Od.24.47: Comp. -ώτερος Pl.Phd. 99c.    2 of immortal fame, Tyrt.12.322.    II of things, etc., everlasting, perpetual, ἀ. κακόν Od.12.118; χάρις Hdt.7.178; ἀρετή, ἀρχά, S.Ph.1420, OT905 (lyr.); κλέος, μνήμη, B.12.65, Lys.2.81; συκοφάντης Hyp.Lyc.2; ἀ. ὁ θάνατος 'death that cannot die', Amph.8; of Nisus' purple locks, ἀ. θρίξ on which life depended, A.Ch.619.    III οἱ ἀ. the immortals, a body of Persian troops in which vacancies were filled up by successors already appointed, Hdt.7.83,211; so ἀ. ἀνήρ one whose successor in case of death is appointed (as we say, the king never dies), ib.31; of a standing army, D.C.52.27.    2 maintained at a constant figure, πρόβατα PSI4.377.5 (iii B. C.), PThead.30.6 (iii A. D.); αἶγες PStrassb.30.6 (iii A. D.); διὰ τὸ ἀθάνατον (sc. τὸ παιδίον) αὐτὴν ἐπιδεδέχθαι τροφεύειν BGU1106.25 (Aug.).    IV = λυχνὶς στεφανωματική, Ps.-Dsc.3.100.    V Adv. ἀθανάτως, εὕδειν AP9.570 (Philod.). [ᾱθ- always in the Adj. and all derivs., v. sub ἀ- 1 fin.]