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ἀκήριος

ἀκήριος, unharmed, harmless

ἀκήριος2, without heart: lifeless, heartless

ἀκήριος (A), ον,
  • unharmed by the Κῆρες; generally, unharmed, Od. 12.98, 23.328, h.Merc. 530, Nic. Th. 190, Call. Ap. 41, A.R. 3.466; ψυχαὶ ἀκήριοι, = ἀθάνατοι, free from power of the Fates, Ps.-Phoc. 99.
    • II having no κῆρ, i.e. with no fortune attached to them, ἡμέραι Hes. Op. 823.
    • III harmless, πάμπαν δʼ ἄμωμος οὔτις οὐδʼ ἀ. Semon. 4, cf. Nic. Th. 771.
ἀκήριος (B), ον, (κῆρ)
  • without heart, i.e.,
    • I lifeless, Hom. (not in Od.), ἀκήριον αἶψα τίθησι Il. 11.392. cf. 21.466.
    • II heartless, spiritless, σέ που δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον ib. 5.812, cf. 13.224; ἥμενοι αὖθι ἕκαστοι ἀκήριοι 7.100; ἀκήριον ἠύτʼ ὄνειρον A.R. 2.197.

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