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ἄδυτος

ἄδυτος, not to be entered

ἄδῠτος, ον, (δύω)
  • not to be entered, θησαυρός Pi. P. 11.4; ἄ. ἐστιν ὁ τόπος Str. 14.1.44.
      • 2 never setting, of stars, Sch. Arat. 632.
    • II mostly as Subst. (masc. in h.Merc. 247, neut. in Hdt. 5.72, E. Ion 938), innermost sanctuary or shrine, Il. 5.448, 512, h.Ap. 443; εὐώδεος ἐξ ἀ. Pi. O. 7.32: metaph., ἐκ τοῦ ἀ. τῆς βίβλου Pl. Tht. 162a; ἄ. θαλάσσης Opp. H. 1.49, cf. Hymn.Is. 152.

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