ἀπειρόκακος
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
ον,
A without experience of evil: τὸ ἀ. unsuspiciousness, Th.5.105. II unused to evil or misery, E.Alc.927.
German (Pape)
[Seite 285] 1) im Leiden unerfahren, Eur. Alc. 930. – 2) mit dem Schlechten unbekannt, nicht bösartig; τὸ ἀπ., Gutartigkeit, Thuc. 5, 105.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπειρόκᾰκος: -ον, ὁ μή γινώσκων τί ἐστι κακόν, ἄκακος, τό ἀπειρόκακον, τὸ μὴ ἔχειν πεῖραν κακοῦ, τὸ μὴ ὑποπτεύειν, Θουκ. 5. 105. ΙΙ. ὁ μὴ λαβὼν πεῖραν κακῶν, ὁ μὴ εἰθισμένος εἰς τὰ κακὰ ἤ τὴν δυστυχίαν, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 927.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
1 sans expérience du malheur;
2 sans expérience du mal ; τὸ ἀπειρόκακον simplicité, naïveté.
Étymologie: ἄπειρος¹, κακός.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἀπειρόκᾰκος) -ον
1 inexperto en la desgracia σοὶ ... ἀπειροκάκῳ E.Alc.927, μῦθος Nonn.Par.Eu.Io.1.47, μενοινή Nonn.D.42.165, cf. Basil.M.30.492D.
2 subst. neutr. τὸ ἀ. ingenuidad, falta de suspicacia Th.5.105, cf. Eus.DE 10.1.
