ἄπρακτος

ἄπρακτος, [dialect] Ion. [full] ἄπρηκτος, ον, Pi.I.8(7).7 codd.:

I [voice] Act., unavailing, unprofitable,

ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον Il.2.121

; ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας ib.376;

ἄ. ἐλπίς Simon.5.16

, cf. Pi. l.c.;

ἄ. γίγνεταί τι D.9.40

; ἄ. ἡμέραι days when no business is done, holidays, Plu.2.270a, cf. BGU 255.8(vi A. D.); restful,

παῦλα B.9.8

; ἄ. ἑορτή Proll.Hermog. in Rh. 4.15 W.(s. v.l.); ἀ. χρόνος period of inaction, Plb.2.31.10.

b of a farm, untilled, Lys.7.6.

2 of persons, unsuccessful,

ἄπρηκτος νέεσθαι Il.14.221

; ἄ. ἀπιέναι, ἀπελθεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν, Th.4.61,99, 1.111;

ἄ. γίγνεσθαι

gain nothing,

Id.2.59

;

ἄ. ἀποπέμπειν τινά Id.1.24

: [comp] Comp., Socr.Ep.6.7. Adv.

-τως

unsuccessfully,

Th.6.48

;

ἄπρακτ' ὀδυρόμενον

in vain,

B.Fr.8

.

3 not taking part in the action,

ἄ. κηδευτὴς ὁ χορός Arist.Pr.922b26

; doing nothing, idle, Ti.Locr.104e, Arr.Epict.1.10.7. Adv.

ἀεργῶς καὶ ἀ. PFlor.295.5

(vi A. D.).

4 impotent,

μόρια Orib. Fr.67

, cf. Dsc.3.101. Adv.

-τως, βοηθεῖ οὐκ ἀ. Orib.Fr.129

.

II [voice] Pass., against which nothing can be done, unmanageable, incurable, ὀδύναι, ἀνίη, Od.2.79, 12.223;

μεληδόνες Simon.39

;

φόβων -ότατος καὶ ἀπορώτατος ὁ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας Plu.2.165d

.

2 not to be done, impossible, πρᾶγμα, ἔργμα, Thgn.1075, 1031;

ἄπρηκτα

impossibilities,

Id.461

.

3 not done, left undone, X.Mem.2.1.2, D.19.278; ἄ. ποιῆσαί τι undo it, Id.Prooem.41.

4 c. gen., κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς ἄ. ὑμῖν εἰμί not unassailed even by your divining arts, S.Ant.1035.