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ἄπρακτος act. doing nothing, ineffectual, unprofitable, Il., Dem. of persons, without success, unsuccessful, ἄπρηκτος νέεσθαι, Lat. re infecta, Il.; and in Prose, ἄπρ. ἀπιέναι, ἀπελθεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν Thuc.; ἄπρ. γίγνεσθαι to gain nothing, Thuc.; ἄπρακτον ἀποπέμπειν τινά Thuc.:—adv. -τως, unsuccessfully, Thuc. pass. against which nothing can be done, impracticable, Od. not to be done, impossible, Theogn. not done, left undone, Xen. c. gen., μαντικῆς ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν unassailed by your divining arts, Soph.

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doing nothing, ineffectual, unprofitable

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Headword:

ἄπρακτος

Headword (normalized):

ἄπρακτος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

απρακτος

IDX:

4592

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n4595

Key:

a)/praktos

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