ἄληπτος

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οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν → thou shalt never make the crab walk straight

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Transliteration A: álēptos Transliteration B: alēptos Transliteration C: aliptos Beta Code: a)/lhptos

English (LSJ)

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   A not to be laid hold of, hard to catch, Plu.Sert.16, Poll.5.169, etc.; ἄ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς J.AJ5.8.11: in Comp. ἀληπτότερος Th.1.37, 82, 143.    II incomprehensible, Phld.Mus.p.54K., Plu.Nic.11, al.    III in Stoic philos., ἄληπτα, τά, things not to be made matter of choice, opp. ληπτά, Stoic.3.34.

German (Pape)

[Seite 95] 1) unnehmbar, unbesiegbar, Thuc. 1, 82. 143; öfter Plut., nicht zu fangen, Crass. 18. – 2) unbegreiflich, λογισμῷ Plut. Nic. 11. Bei den Stoikern τὰ ἄληπτα, die unannehmbaren Dinge.