ἀχρεῖος
ἀχρεῖος ( Att.
ἄχρειος acc. to Hdn.Gr.
1.136 ),
ον, also
α,
ον IG 7.303.10 (Oropus),
Dsc. 4.5 ,
Polem.Phgn. 69 : Ion.
ἀχρήϊος:—
II). neut.
ἀχρεῖον, as Adv., twice in
Hom.,
ἀχρεῖον ἰδών giving a
helpless look, looking
foolish, of Thersites after being beaten,
Il. 2.269 ;
ἀχρεῖον δ’ ἐγέλασσε laughed
without cause, made a
forced laugh, of Penelope trying to disguise her feelings,
Od. 18.163 ;
ἀχρεῖον κλάζειν bark
without need or
cause, Theoc. 25.72 .
III). Adv.
ἀχρείως γέλασόν με (cf.
ἀχρειόγελως)
APl. 4.86 , cf.
Them. Or. 33.367b : neut. pl. as Adv.
ἀχρεῖ’ ἀσπαίροντος helplessly, Euph. 44 .
ShortDef
useless, unprofitable, good for nothing
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀχρεῖος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αχρειος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-18768
Data
{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀχρεῖος</span> ( Att. <span class="foreign greek">ἄχρειος</span> acc. to Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1.136/canonical-url/"> 1.136 </a>), <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.303.10 </span> (Oropus), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.5 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1617.tlg001:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1617.tlg001:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polem.Phgn.</span> 69 </a>: Ion. <span class="orth greek">ἀχρήϊος</span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useless, unprofitable,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀχρήϊος ἀνήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:297" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:297/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 297 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπέων νομός</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:403/canonical-url/"> 403 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δέμας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:365" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:365/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 365 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg032:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg032:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Int.</span> 39 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἰκητήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:627/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 627 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">εὐγενής,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:667" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:667/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 667 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐρινὸς ἀ. ὢν ἐς βρῶσιν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:181/canonical-url/"> 181 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. κοὐ σοφός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:299" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:299/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 299 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δοῦλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 25.30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἀπράγμονα ἀλλ’ ἀχρεῖον νομίζομεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.40 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγον ἀχρεῖον ἀπέρριψαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:11:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:11.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ant.Lib.</span> 11.3 </a> : Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ότερος, ὄρνιθες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 3.195 </a> : c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unfit</span> to do, <span class="quote greek">ἀ. πράττειν τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:371c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:371c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 371c </a> : c. dat., <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τοῖς σώμασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg002:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg002:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agatharch.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.Hist.</span> 3 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg026:326a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg026:326a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 26.326a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unfit for war,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ὅμιλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.81 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the unserviceable part</span> of an army, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.191 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἀχρειότατοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.93 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.6/canonical-url/"> 2.6 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:2:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:2:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.2.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἀ. τῆς ἡλικίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a> . Adv. <span class="quote greek">-είως, ἔχειν πρὸς ναυμαχίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:5:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:5.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BC</span> 5.84 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> neut. <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρεῖον,</span> as Adv., twice in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρεῖον ἰδών</span> giving a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">helpless</span> look, looking <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foolish,</span> of Thersites after being beaten, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:269" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.269/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.269 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρεῖον δ’ ἐγέλασσε</span> laughed <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without cause,</span> made a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forced</span> laugh, of Penelope trying to disguise her feelings, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.163 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρεῖον κλάζειν</span> bark <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without need</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cause,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 25.72 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρείως γέλασόν με</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀχρειόγελως</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 4.86 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg033:367b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg033:367b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 33.367b </a>: neut. pl. as Adv. <span class="quote greek">ἀχρεῖ’ ἀσπαίροντος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">helplessly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euph.</span> 44 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}