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ἀθάνατος

ἀθάνατος, ἀθάνατος, ἀθάνατον, undying, immortal

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ἀθανάτοις masculine dative plural, neuter dative plural, feminine dative plural of ἀθάνατος

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ἀθᾰνᾰτ-ος, ον, also η, ον (so regularly in sense Ι.1, poet. and Isoc. 9.16):—
  • undying, immortal, Hom., etc.; ἀ. πρόσωπον, of Aphrodite, Sapph. 1.14:— hence ἀθάνατοι, οἱ, the Immortals, Hom., Pi. Pae. 6.50, etc.; ἀθάναται ἅλιαι, i.e. the sea goddesses, Od. 24.47: Comp. -ώτερος Pl. Phd. 99c.
      • 2 of immortal fame, Tyrt. 12.322.
    • II of things, etc., everlasting, perpetual, ἀ. κακόν Od. 12.118; χάρις Hdt. 7.178; ἀρετή, ἀρχά, S. Ph. 1420, OT 905 (lyr.); κλέος, μνήμη, B. 12.65, Lys. 2.81; συκοφάντης Hyp. Lyc. 2; ἀ. ὁ θάνατος ‘death that cannot die’, Amph. 8; of Nisus’ purple locks, ἀ. θρίξ on which life depended, A. Ch. 619.
    • III οἱ ἀ. the immortals, a body of Persian troops in which vacancies were filled up by successors already appointed, Hdt. 7.83, 211; so ἀ. ἀνήρ one whose successor in case of death is appointed (as we say, the king never dies), ib. 31; of a standing army, D.C. 52.27.
      • 2 maintained at a constant figure, πρόβατα PSI 4.377.5 (iii B. C.), PThead. 30.6 (iii A. D.); αἶγες PStrassb. 30.6 (iii A. D.); διὰ τὸ ἀθάνατον (sc. τὸ παιδίον) αὐτὴν ἐπιδεδέχθαι τροφεύειν BGU 1106.25 (Aug.).
    • IV = λυχνὶς στεφανωματική, Ps.-Dsc. 3.100.
    • V Adv. ἀθανάτως, εὕδειν AP 9.570 (Philod.). [ᾱθ- always in the Adj. and all derivs., v. sub ἀ- 1 fin.]

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