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ἄδεκτος

adektos

not receptive

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  • Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἄδεκτος · adektos

not receptive, not capable of

not receptive, Thphr. Metaph. 9: c. gen., not capable of, τῆς εὐδαιμονίας Hippod.ap Stob. 4.39.26; τοῦ μοιχεύειν Phld. D. 3Fr. 78; μεταβολῆς Plu. An.procr. 2.1025c, cf. Plot. 3.6.13, Herm. ap. Stob. 3.11.31, Procl. in Prm. p.842 S., etc.

II incomprehensible

Pass., incomprehensible, dub. l. in Ph. 1.486.

2 unacceptable

unacceptable, δῶρα Zos. 1.58.

2. ἄδηκτος · adēktos

not gnawed, worm-eaten, not bitten

not gnawed or worm-eaten, Hes. Op. 420 (Sup.); not bitten, Dsc. 2.60, al.

2 unmolested

metaph., unmolested, Phld. D. 3Fr. 81, Plu. Herod. 2.864c. Adv. -τως Virt.mor. 448a.

3 unaffected, untouched

unaffected, untouched, by love, anger, etc., in Adv. -τως, Phld. Mort. 34, Plu. Pomp. 2, M.Ant. 11.18, Eun. VS p.495B.

II not biting, pungent, less stimulating

Act., not biting or pungent, Hp. Mul. 1.11, Dsc. 1.30: Comp. -ότερος less stimulating, Aret. CA 1.10.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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