ἀπειρέσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[boundless]], [[immense]], <b class="b3">γαῖα, ὀϊζύς</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.20.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.621</span>; δῆρις <span class="bibl">Batr.4</span>; [[countless]], ἄνθρωποι πολλοί, ἀπειρέσιοι <span class="bibl">Od.19.174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.100</span>; ὄρνιθες <span class="bibl">Simon.40</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. εἶδος</b> [[untold]] beauty, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>33</span>; once in Trag., ἀ. πόνοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>928</span> (lyr.): neut. as Adv., <span class="bibl">Q.S.2.179</span>, <span class="bibl">3.386</span>. (Like <b class="b3">ἀπερείσιος</b>, by metrical lengthening for <b class="b3">Απερέσιος;</b> root <b class="b2">per-</b> in πεῖραρ, ἄπειρος B.) </span>

|etymtx=ἀπερείσιος<br />Grammatical information: adv.<br />Meaning: [[endless]], [[immense]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">ἀπείριτος</b> (Od.)<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: For <b class="b3">*ἀπερέσιος</b>, a <b class="b3">ιο-</b>derivation of <b class="b3">*ἀ-περ-ετος</b>, a privative verbal adjective to [[πείρω]] (q. v.), with metrical lengthening (Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 101). - With the same meaning <b class="b3">ἀπείριτος</b> (κ 195, Hes. Th. 109 u. a.) with unclear <b class="b3">-ι-</b>. Not from <b class="b3">*ἀπερι-ι-τος</b> (to <b class="b3">ἰέναι</b>, Bechtel Lex.).