Ἀπείριτος
lacking experience
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπείρητος· ὁ ἀπείραστος, ὁ ἄπειρος. Ἀπείριτος δὲ ἡ ἄπειρος καὶ πολλή.
Betacode
*)apei/rhtos: o( a)pei/rastos, o( a)/peiros. *)apei/ritos de\ h( a)/peiros kai\ pollh/.
Notes (2)
- One of the many Suda entries which differentiate between words that, by this time, were indistinguishable in pronunciation
- 1From
pei=ra "trial, attempt"; cf. alpha 3128 (web address 1). (Likewise in Hesychius. Gloss from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.304, where the headword occurs.) ↩ - 2From
pe/ras "limit, boundary" (web address 2). (Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Now the headword is feminine, and therefore surely stems from Homer, Odyssey 10.195, decsribing Circe's island.) ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- α3128Ἀπείρατονuntried[Meaning] untested. "It seemed best to him not to leave it untested whether Osroes would somehow change his mind and submit to those who were justly esteemed, both in Roman eyes and those of his own [people]."
- α3135Ἀπειροκαλίαignorance of the beautiful, vulgar extravagance[Meaning] immoderation of [= in] the beautiful. "But the Romans already having gained dominance were excited to vulgar extravagance, and he stretched their forces out through his Libyan territory." And elsewhere: "but…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Aug 2015
- added primary note and another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth