ἄκραντος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, poet. Adj. (in Hom. [[ἀκράαντος]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unfulfilled]], [[fruitless]], [[idle]], [[ἔπεα]], [[ἐλπίδες]], <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 adverb, [[in vain]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ineffectual]], νύξ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>65</span>.</span>