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ἀνεκτός

ἀνεκτός, bearable, sufferable, tolerable

ἀνεκτός, όν, later ή, όν IGRom. 4.293 ii 4 (Pergam.), D.L. 2.36: Aeol. ὄνεκτος Alc. Supp. 27.9:—
  • bearable, sufferable, tolerable, mostly with a neg. (like ἀνασχετός), λοίγια ἔργα . . οὐδʼ ἔτʼ ἀνεκτά Il. 1.573; χρειὼ . . οὐκέτʼ ἀνεκτός 10.118, Thgn. 1195, etc.: so mostly in Att., οὐκ ἀνεκτόν A. Ag. 1364; οὐκ ἀνεκτά S. Ant. 282, etc.; or with a question, ἦ ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνεκτά; Id. OT 429; ταυτὶ δῆτʼ ἀνέκτʼ ἀκούειν; Ar. Th. 563:—οὐκ ἀνεκτόν [ἐστι] foll. by inf., with or without μὴ οὐ, Pl. Tht. 154c, 181b; τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἀ. ἐμοὶ . . γίγνεσθαι Id. Lg. 861d.
      • 2 without a neg., τὸ μὲν καὶ ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν that can be endured, Od. 20.83; ἀ. χοὖτος ἦν ὅμως ἐμοί Pherecr. 145.13; ἀνεκτὰ παθεῖν Th. 7.77; μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεκτοὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι ἐς ὅσον . . Id. 2.35; παντὶ τρόπῳ ὅστις καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἀνεκτός in any tolerable manner whatsoever, Id. 8.90; ἀ. τι λέγειν Isoc. 8.65; συμβίωσιν -όν Phld. Ir. p.78 W.; ἀνεκτότερα more tolerable, Cic. Att. 12.45.2; ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται τινί Ev.Matt. 10.15, 11.22, etc.: Sup., Phld. Rh. 2.226S.
        • b of persons, μόγις ἀνεκτοί Lys. 22.20, cf. D. Ep. 3.13.
    • II Adv. -τῶς, in Hom. always οὐκέτʼ ἀνεκτῶς, Od. 9.350, etc.; οὐκ ἀνεκτῶς ἔχει it is not to be borne, X. HG 7.3.1: without neg., Phld. D. 3Fr. 2, Oec. p.31 J.

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