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ἄχρηστος

ἄχρηστος, useless, unprofitable, unserviceable

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ἀχρήστοις masculine dative plural, feminine dative plural, neuter dative plural of ἄχρηστος

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ἄχρησ-τος, ον,
  • useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια Batr. 70; νέες Hdt. 1.166; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται Hp. Prorrh. 2.19; οὐκ ἄ. ἥδʼ ἡ ἄνοια Th. 6.16; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, Hp. Art. 14; πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον without effect, E. IT 121; ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 8.142, Lycurg. 53; πρός τι Arist. HA 560b14: c. gen. rei, ἄ. τῶν ἔργων Id. Oec. 1345a35; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, Hdt. 1.80, cf. X. Oec. 8.4 (Sup.); τῇ πόλει E. Heracl. 4; τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ. Arist. Cat. 8b24.
      • 2 = ἀχρεῖος (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, D. 19.135 (Comp.), etc.; ἄ. πολῖται Is. 7.37; σοφισταί prob. l. in Lys. 33.3; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist.p.239D.; so (with a pun—not having received an oracle) Ath. 3.98c. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι D. 61.43.
    • II unkind, cruel, θεοί Hdt. 8.111; λόγος Id. 9.111.
    • III Act., making no use of, c. dat., ξυνέσει τʼ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται E. Tr. 672.
    • IV not used, i.e. new, ἱμάτια Luc. Lex. 9, Ath. 3.97e.
      • 2 obsolete, Eust. 118.25, Sch.rec. S. El. 132.
      • 3 not to be used, unseemly, EM 463.26.

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