ἀπείρων: Difference between revisions

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