ἀχρεῖος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Ion.ἀχρήιοςονadjχρείᾱ of personsof no benefitto othersuseless, unprofitableHes. B. S. E. Th.of the populace, as a governmentHdt.of a wounded bodyA.of a contest, strength, life, pleasuresE.of ambitionD.of a person's use of wordsHes.neut.impers.w. ἐστί understd.it is uselessw.acc. + inf.for women to give adviceE. of personsof no benefit to themselveshelplessX. of no usefor a specific purposeof personsunfitfor combatTh. X.w.inf.for doing sthg.Pl.w.prep.phr.for sthg.Arist.of equipment, booksuselessX. Arist.of tacticsineffectiveD.neut.sb.group unfit for combatHdt.useless partw.gen.of life, after a person's primeTh.neut.pl.sb.useless mattersTh. of bodily outgrowthsunnecessaryX.of spendingTh.of a hoard of goldnot in useTheoc. of obedient slavesundeservingof special treatmentNT. ἀχρεῖονneut.advto no benefitin vainref. to looking for helpIl.inanely, frivolouslyref. to laughingOd.without causeneedlesslyref. to dogs barkingTheoc.

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useless, unprofitable, good for nothing

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Headword:

ἀχρεῖος

Headword (normalized):

ἀχρεῖος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αχρειος

Intro Text:

ἀχρεῖος

IDX:

2245

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-2246

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