without end, issue, or effect, unaccomplished, ἅλιον θεῖναι πόνον ἠδʼ ἀ. Il. 4.26, cf. 57, 168, Od. 2.273; σῖτον ἔδοντες μὰψ αὔτως ἀ. 16.111; τὰ δέ κεν θεὸς ἢ τελέσειεν ἤ κʼ ἀτέλεστʼ εἴη 8.571, cf. Tab.Defix.Aud. 68b: rare in Prose, of prayers, not deserving of accomplishment, Antipho 1.22; ἀ. κῶνος truncated cone, Hero *Stereom. 1.16: neut. pl. as Adv., inconclusively, ἀ. λαλεῖν AP 12.21 ( Strat.).
use base arts, deal fraudulently, ἔς τινα Hdt. 6.74, PEleph. 1.9 (iv B. C.); περὶ τὰς δίκας D. 46.25: abs., Antipho 1.22, D. 29.11, 35.56.
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foresight, forethought, ἐπῄνεσʼ . . πρόνοιαν ἣν ἔθου S. Aj. 536; π. δʼ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής Id. OT 978; προνοίας οὕνεκα so far as foresight, caution is required, Id. Ph. 774, cf. El. 1015; ἐκ προνοίης with forethought, purposely, Hdt. 1.120, 159, etc.; opp. κατὰ τύχην, Id. 8.87, cf. Antipho 5.21, Lys. 26.19, Pl. Phdr. 241e; ἀπὸ προνοίας τινῶν by their precautions, Th. 8.95; τὴν π. τὴν ἐς ἡμέας ἔχουσαν Hdt. 8.144; προνοίᾳ τῶν συγγενῶν, φίλων, τῆς πόλεως, by care for . . , And. 1.56; esp. of crimes committed with design or malice prepense, ἐκ προνοίας τραῦμα, ἐκ π. φόνοι, Aeschin. 3.212, Din. 1.6, etc.; ἐκ π. ἀποθνῄσκειν Antipho 1.22, cf. Lys. 3.28; τὰ ἐκ π., opp. ἀκούσια, Arist. Pol. 1300b26; so οὐδεμία π. ἐστι τραύματος no intention of wounding, Lys. 3.41; πρόνοιαν ἔχειν (or ἴσχειν) τινός to take thought for . . , show care for . . , E. Alc. 1061, Th. 2.89, etc.; περί τινος S. Ant. 283; ὑπέρ τινος Isoc. 16.9; ἡ τοῦ χόρτου π. PFlor. 131.7 (iii A. D.), cf. 148.2 (iii A. D.): c. inf., πολλὴν π. εἶχεν εὐσχήμως (fort. εὐσχήμων) πεσεῖν E. Hec. 569; πολλὴν π. ἔχειν μέλλοντας . . to be ware of doing a thing, Antipho 5.91; π. ποιεῖσθαί τινος D. 21.97, etc.: pl., X. Oec. 7.38.