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ἀχρημονέω
ἀχρημοσύνη
ἀχρήμων
ἀχρησία
ἀχρήσιμος
ἀχρησιμότης
ἀχρηστεύω
ἀχρηστέω
ἀχρηστία
ἀχρηστολογέω
ἄχρηστος
ἀχρηστόω
ἄχρι
ἀχρισατέες
ἀχροέω
ἄχροια
ἄχρονος
ἀχρονοτριβής
ἄχροος
ἄχρυσος
ἀχρωμάτιστος
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ἄχρηστος
ἄχρης-τος, ον,
A). useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια Batr. 70 ; νέες Hdt. 1.166 ; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται Hp. Prorrh. 2.19 ; οὐκ ἄ. ἥδ’ ἡ ἄνοια Th. 6.16 ; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, Hp. Art. 14 ; πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον without effect, E. IT 121 ; ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 8.142 , Lycurg. 53 ; πρός τι Arist. HA 560b14 : c. gen. rei, ἄ. τῶν ἔργων Id. Oec. 1345a35 ; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, Hdt. 1.80 , cf. X. Oec. 8.4 ( Sup.); τῇ πόλει E. Heracl. 4 ; τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ. Arist. Cat. 8b24 .
2). = ἀχρεῖος (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, D. 19.135 ( Comp.), etc.; ἄ. πολῖται Is. 7.37 ; σοφισταί prob. l. in Lys. 33.3 ; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist. p.239D.; so (with a pun—not having received an oracle) Ath. 3.98c . Adv. -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι D. 61.43 .
II). unkind, cruel, θεοί Hdt. 8.111 ; λόγος Id. 9.111 .
III). Act., making no use of, c. dat., ξυνέσει τ’ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται E. Tr. 672 .
IV). not used, i.e. new, ἱμάτια Luc. Lex. 9 , Ath. 3.97e .
2). obsolete, Eust. 118.25 , Sch.rec. S. El. 132 .
3). not to be used, unseemly, EM 463.26 .


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useless, unprofitable, unserviceable

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ἄχρηστος
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ἄχρηστος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αχρηστος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄχρης-τος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</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">μετάνοια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 70 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νέες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.166 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg016:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg016:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prorrh.</span> 2.19 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἄ. ἥδ’ ἡ ἄνοια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.16 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useless</span> if you try to use them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without effect,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 121 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.142 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 53 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:560b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:560b.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 560b14 </a> : c. gen. rei, <span class="quote greek">ἄ. τῶν ἔργων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg029:1345a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg029:1345a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 1345a35 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useless</span> to a person, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.80 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 8.4 </a> ( Sup.); <span class="quote greek">τῇ πόλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg006:8b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg006:8b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.</span> 8b24 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀχρεῖος</span> (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useless, do-nothing,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.135 </a> ( Comp.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. πολῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg007.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg007.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 7.37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σοφισταί</span> prob. l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg033.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg033.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 33.3 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">non-effective, unwarlike,</span> Eun.Hist.<span class="bibl"> p.239D.</span>; so (with a pun—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not having received an oracle</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:98c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.98c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 3.98c </a>. Adv. <span class="quote greek">-τως, ἔχειν πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg061.perseus-grc1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg061.perseus-grc1:43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 61.43 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unkind, cruel,</span> <span class="quote greek">θεοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.111 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 9.111 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Act., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">making no use of,</span> c. dat., <span class="quote greek">ξυνέσει τ’ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:672" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:672/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 672 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not used,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">new,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἱμάτια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.</span> 9 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:97e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.97e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 3.97e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obsolete,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:118:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:118.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 118.25 </a>, Sch.rec.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 132 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not to be used, unseemly,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">EM</span> 463.26 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}