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|Definition=Ion. [[ἄπρηκτος]], ον, Pi.''I.''8(7).7 codd.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> Act., [[unavailing]], [[unprofitable]], ἄπρηκτον [[πόλεμος|πόλεμον]] Il.2.121; <b class="b3">ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας</b> ib.376; ἄπρακτος [[ἐλπίς]] Simon.5.16, cf. Pi. [[l.c.]]; ἄ. γίγνεταί τι D.9.40; ἄπρακτοι [[ἡμέρα]]ι = [[day]]s [[when no business is done]], [[holidays]], Plu.2.270a, cf. ''BGU'' 255.8(vi A. D.); [[restful]], [[παῦλα]] B.9.8; ἄπρακτος [[ἑορτή]] ''Proll.Hermog.'' in Rh. 4.15 W.([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); ἄπρακτος [[χρόνος]] = [[period]] [[of inaction]], Plb.2.31.10.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of a [[farm]], [[untilled]], Lys.7.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[unsuccessful]], ἄπρηκτος νέεσθαι Il.14.221; ἄπρακτον [[ἀπιέναι]], [[ἀπελθεῖν]], [[ἀποχωρεῖν]], Th.4.61,99, 1.111; ἄπρακτον [[γίγνεσθαι]] = [[gain nothing]], Id.2.59; ἄ. [[ἀποπέμπειν]] τινά Id.1.24: Comp., Socr.''Ep.''6.7. Adv. [[ἀπράκτως]] = [[unsuccessfully]], Th.6.48; ἄπρακτ' ὀδυρόμενον [[in vain]], B.''Fr.''8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[not taking part in the action]], ἄ. [[κηδευτής|κηδευτὴς]] ὁ [[χορός]] Arist.''Pr.''922b26; [[doing nothing]], [[idle]], Ti.Locr.104e, Arr.''Epict.''1.10.7. Adv. [[ἀεργῶς]] καὶ [[ἀπράκτως]] ''PFlor.''295.5 (vi A. D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[impotent]], μόρια Orib. ''Fr.''67, cf. Dsc.3.101. Adv. [[ἀπράκτως]], βοηθεῖ οὐκ [[ἀπράκτως]] Orib.''Fr.''129.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[against which nothing can be done]], [[unmanageable]], [[incurable]], [[ὀδύνη|ὀδύναι]], [[ἀνίη]], Od.2.79, 12.223; μεληδόνες Simon.39; φόβων ἀπρακτότατος καὶ ἀπορώτατος ὁ τῆς [[δεισιδαιμονία]]ς Plu.2.165d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[not to be done]], [[impossible]], [[πρᾶγμα]], [[ἔργμα]], Thgn.1075, 1031; ἄπρηκτα [[impossibilities]], Id.461.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[not done]], [[left undone]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.2, D.19.278; ἄπρακτόν τι ποιῆσαι = [[undo]] it, Id.''Prooemia'' 41.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς ἄπρακτον ὑμῖν εἰμί = not [[unassailed]] even by your [[divining]] [[art]]s, S.''Ant.''1035.