Ἄχραντον
immaculate
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] untouched. Properly, that which a hand [cheir] did not touch; undefiled.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄχραντον· ἄψαυστον· κυρίως, οὗ χεὶρ οὐχ ἥψατο· ἀμόλυντον.
Betacode
*)/axranton: a)/yauston: kuri/ws, ou(= xei\r ou)x h(/yato: a)mo/lunton.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica; and see also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 1.60, where the headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective -- occurs. The word becomes especially common in Christian writers.