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ἀπειρέσιος

ἀπειρέσιος, boundless, immense, countless

ἀπειρέσιος, α, ον,
  • boundless, immense, γαῖα, ὀϊζύς, Il. 20.58, Od. 11.621; δῆρις Batr. 4; countless, ἄνθρωποι πολλοί, ἀπειρέσιοι Od. 19.174, cf. Hes. Fr. 134.4, Theoc. 25.100; ὄρνιθες Simon. 40; ἀ. εἶδος untold beauty, Hes. Fr. 33; once in Trag., ἀ. πόνοι S. Aj. 928 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., Q.S. 2.179, 3.386. (Like ἀπερείσιος, by metrical lengthening for *ἀπερέσιος; root per- in πεῖραρ, ἄπειρος B.)

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