Ἀκατάβλητον
irrefragable
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one that is] unconquerable; from not striking down; that is, the [argument] which nothing strikes down.1 Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "for then Pheidippides had not yet learned the irrefragable argument for me."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκατάβλητον· ἀήττητον· παρὰ τὸ μὴ καταβάλλειν· τουτέστι τὸν μηδὲν καταβάλλοντα. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· οὐ γάρ πω τότ' ἐξηπίστατο Φειδιππίδης μοι τὸν ἀκατάβλητον λόγον.