Ἄμαχον
impossible, unconquerable
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Mar 2001Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] difficult to overcome. Pindar [writes]: "[it is] impossible to conceal one's inherent nature."1
Aelian [writes]: "they brought back an impossible multitude of fishes and raised up a trophy and erected altars."2
And elsewhere: "each man was assigned to explain his own deed. For they saw that the king/emperor was impossibly eager for this."3
And elsewhere: "there was a priestess for the god, of an impossible beauty."4
And elsewhere: "when the unexpected stormcloud had burst, an impossible mass of snow fell down."5
And elsewhere: "not an impossible sovereignty."6
And elsewhere: "inflamed with an unconquerable arrogance, he despised the fact of still being mortal."7
Aelian [writes]: "they brought back an impossible multitude of fishes and raised up a trophy and erected altars."2
And elsewhere: "each man was assigned to explain his own deed. For they saw that the king/emperor was impossibly eager for this."3
And elsewhere: "there was a priestess for the god, of an impossible beauty."4
And elsewhere: "when the unexpected stormcloud had burst, an impossible mass of snow fell down."5
And elsewhere: "not an impossible sovereignty."6
And elsewhere: "inflamed with an unconquerable arrogance, he despised the fact of still being mortal."7