ἄπρηκτος

ἄπρηκτος, Ion. for ἄπρακτος.

ἄπρηκτος, ion. u. poet. = ἄπρακτος.

ἄπρηκτος

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[ἀ-1 + πρηκ-, πρήσσω.]

• • 1

    Not accomplishing one’s object Il. 14.221.

  • 2

    Leading or conducing to no result, fruitless: πόλεμον Il. 2.121. Cf. Il. 2.376: Od. 2.79.

  • 3

    Against which nothing can be done: ἀνίην Od. 12.223.

ἄπρηκτος (πρήσσω): without achieving, Il. 14.221; unachieved, fruitless, endless, Il. 2.121, 376; and, in general, of that with which nothing can be successfully done, hopeless, incurable (cf. ἀμήχανος); ὀδύναι, Il. 2.79; of Scylla, ἄπρηκτον ἀνίην, Od. 12.223.