ἀπείρων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, gen. ονος, ([[πεῖρα]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἄπειρος]] (A), [[without experience]], [[ignorant]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1088</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>266</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἀπείρων</span> (B), ον, gen. ονος, (πεῖραρ, πέρας) Ep. form of [[ἄπειρος]] (B), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[boundless]], [[endless]], ἐπ' ἀπείρονα γαῖαν <span class="bibl">Od.1.98</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>187</span>; Ἑλλήσποντος ἀ. <span class="bibl">Il.24.545</span>; <b class="b3">δῆμος ἀ</b>. a [[countless]] people, ib.<span class="bibl">776</span>; <b class="b3">ὕπνος ἀ</b>. [[seeming endless]], i.e. [[profound]] sleep, <span class="bibl">Od.7.286</span>; ἀπείρονα γῆς βάθη <span class="bibl">Emp.39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">28</span>; τῶν ἀλιθίων ἀ. γενέθλα <span class="bibl">Simon.5.6</span>; δόξα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.64</span>; [[κύκλος]] a [[vast]] concourse, <span class="bibl">B.8.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἄπειρος]] (B) 2, [[without end]] or [[escape]], δεσμοὶ ἀπείρονες <span class="bibl">Od.8.340</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> In Att., = [[ἄπειρος]] (B) <span class="bibl">3</span>, [[having no end]], [[circular]], δακτύλιος ἀ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>250</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>2.709.5, 11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>81 (Delos, iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ἐν λόχῳ ἀπείρονι</b>, of persons standing in [[a circle]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>379</span>.</span>