ἄκραντος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, poet. Adj. (in Hom. <b class="b3">ἀκράαντος</b>, q. v.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unfulfilled, fruitless, idle</b>, <b class="b3">ἔπεα, ἐλπίδες</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.86</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.23</span>; τέχναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>249</span>:— neut.pl. as Adv., <b class="b2">in vain</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.87</span>; ἄκραντα βάζω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>882</span>; οὐδ' ἄκρανθ' ὡρμήσαμεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>435</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1231</span>; ἄκραντ' ὀδύρῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>770</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ineffectual</b>, νύξ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>65</span>.</span>