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ἄφθιτος

ἄφθιτος, not liable to perish, imperishable

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ἀφθίτῳ masculine dative singular, neuter dative singular, feminine dative singular of ἄφθιτος

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ἄφθῐτος, ον, (φθίνω)
  • not liable to perish, undecaying, imperishable, freq. in Hom. (mostly in Il.) and Trag.:
      • 1 of things, σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄ. αἰεί Il. 2.46; χρυσέη ἴτυς ἄ. 5.724; καλὸν θρόνον ἄ. αἰεί 14.238; Ἡφαίστου δόμος 18.370; ἄ. ἄμπελοι Od. 9.133; ἄντρον Pi. I. 8(7).41; πυρὸς φέγγος A. Ch. 1037; Γᾶ S. Ant. 339 (lyr.).
      • 2 of persons, immortal, of the gods, h.Merc. 326; Στύξ Hes. Th. 389, 397; of Tantalus, Pi. O. 1.63; ἄ. ὑμνοπόλος, of Anacreon, Simon. 184; ἀφθίτους θεῖναι βροτούς A. Eu. 724; γέννας ἀφθίτου λαχόντες S. Fr. 278.
      • 3 of menʼs thoughts, etc., Ζεὺς ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδώς Il. 24.88, Hes. Th. 545; κλέος ἄ. Il. 9.413; ἄ. ὄπις unceasing care, Pi. P. 8.72 (v.l. ἄφθονος) ; ἄ. γνῶμαι unchanging, unchangeable, S. Fr. 414; ἄφθιτα μηδομένοισι Ar. Av. 689.—Poet. and later Prose, δόξα Plu. QConv. 2.723e; prob. in Arist. Caeí. 270a26.

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