ἄκριτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[κρίνω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[undistinguishable]], [[confused]], ἄκριτα πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν <span class="bibl">Od.8.505</span>; [[τύμβος]] ἄκριτος = one [[common]] [[undistinguished]] [[grave]], <span class="bibl">Il. 7.337</span>; ἄκριτος [[πάγος]] = [[confused]] [[mass]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Septim.</span>6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>465d</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">Gym.</span>26</span>; ἄ. [[ἔρις]] καὶ [[ταραχή]] <span class="bibl">D.18.18</span>; ἄ. καιροί Demad.34. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[continual]], [[unceasing]], μῦθοι <span class="bibl">Il.2.796</span>; ἄχεα <span class="bibl">3.412</span>: neut. as adverb, πενθήμεναι ἄκριτον αἰεί <span class="bibl">Od.18.174</span>, <span class="bibl">19.120</span>; δηρὸν καὶ ἄκριτον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>126</span>; <b class="b3">ὄρος ἄκριτον</b> = [[continuous chain of]] [[mountain]]s, <span class="title">AP</span>6.225 (Nicaen.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> after Hom. in poets, [[countless]], ἄστρων ὄχλος <span class="bibl">Critias 19</span>; μυρία φῦλα καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.80</span>; ἄ. πλήθει <span class="bibl">Babr.33.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[undecided]], [[doubtful]], [[νείκεα]], [[ἄεθλος]], <span class="bibl">Il.14.205</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>311</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. τελευταί</b> [[which cannot be]] [[predicted]], <span class="bibl">B.9.45</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκρίτων ὄντων</b> while the [[issue]] is [[doubtful]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.20</span>; [[uncertain]], of weather-signs, Ὠρίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>361b31</span>; <b class="b3">πυρετὸς ἄκριτος</b> = [[fever]] [[that will not come to a crisis]], Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 17. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.3</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀκρίτως ξυνεχὲς τῆς ἁμίλλης</b> [[without decisive issue]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.71</span>: neut. pl. as adverb, [[ἄκριτα]] δηρινθέντες <span class="bibl">Euph.94.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[unjudged]], [[untried]], of persons and things, <b class="b3">ἀκρίτους κτείνειν, ἀκρίτους ἀποκτεῖναι</b> [[without trial]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.67</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Lys.19.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.17.3</span>; ἄ. ἀποθανεῖν <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.48</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα ἄκριτον</b> [[cause]] [[not yet tried]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>51c</span>:—also, [[subject to no judge]], [[πρύτανις]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>371</span>. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]], [[ἀποκτείνειν]] <span class="bibl">D.H.11.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Conon 28.1</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ma.</span> 2.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Act., [[not giving judgement]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.124</span>; [[not capable of judging]], <span class="bibl">Parm.6.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.19.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>37</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκριτα μηχανώμενοι</b> [[engage]]d in [[rash]] [[attempt]]s, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>549</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' ἄκριτον</b> [[recklessly]], Phld. <span class="title">Ir.</span>p.69 W. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]] = [[rashly]], [[indiscreetly]], <span class="bibl">Plb.2.7.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Epict.<span class="title">Gnom.</span> 65</span>; [[indiscriminately]], [[ἐκφέρειν]] <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.553S.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[not exercising judgement]], [[undiscriminating]], of [[fate]], <span class="title">AP</span>7.439 (Theodorid.), cf. <span class="bibl">5.283</span> (Rufin.); <b class="b3">ἄκριτε δαῖμον</b>, of [[death]], <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>204.3 (Cnid.).</span>