ἀνυπόστατος
καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες → they are bold beyond their strength, venturesome beyond their better judgment, and sanguine in the face of dangers
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not to be withstood, irresistible, δύναμις Pl.Lg.686b; ἀνάγκη X.Lac.10.7; φρόνημα, πόλις, Id.Cyr.5.2.33, Mem.4.4.15; τολμήματα D.54.38; ἀ. τισὶν ἀνταγωνισταί D.Chr.8.17. Adv. -τως Aristobul. ap. Eus.PE8.10. II without sure foundation, ἡ τῆς ὑποθέσεως ἀρχὴ ἀ. Plb.1.5.3, cf. 12.25f.4; ἀ. εἶναι τὰς τῶν ὅλων ἀρχάς D.L.9.99, cf. Ath. 3.98c. 2 without sediment, οὖρα Aret.SD1.13, cf. CD1.13, Hp. Epid.2.2.23. 3 unsubstantial, Stoic.2.117, Syrian.in Metaph.25.3; of accidental or secondary qualities, Syn.Alch.p.62B.; nonexistent, Ps.-Archyt. ap. Simp.in Ph.785.17; μαντικαί D.L.7.149; τὸ ἀ. . . τῆς μαντικῆς Diogenian.Epicur.4.79; κειμήλιον Secund.Sent. 11. 4 without significance, φωνή Them.in Ph.124.27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 266] 1) nicht aufzuhalten, unwiderstehlich, δύναμις Plat. Legg. III, 686 b; Isocr. 4, 71; Xen. φρόνημα Cyr. 5, 2, 33, wo der Ggstz ἐκπεπληγμένος φόβος. Auch Sp., ἀνυπόστατος ῥώμην Dion. Hal. 11. 27. – 2) ohne Subsistenz, nicht bestehend, Sp., vgl. Ath. III, 98 c; ohne sichere Grundlage, Pol. 1, 5; – ohne Niederschlag, rein, Medic.
