The corpus record

ἀδιά-πτωτος

adiaptotos

infallible

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ἀδιά-πτωτος · adia-ptōtos — LSJ

infallible, unerringly

infallible, Hp. Decent. 12, S.E. M. 7.110; ἀρχὴ ἀ. τῇ πόλει PRyl. 77.46 (ii A.D.). Adv. -τως Plb. 6.26.4, cf. Stoic. 3.69; unerringly, of archers, Hld. 9.18.

2 faultless, perfection

faultless, of writers, Longin. 33.5; τὸ ἀ. perfection of style, Id. 36.4; φράσις Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.214; προφορά D.T. 629.12.

3 not using cases at random

Gramm., not using cases at random, A.D. Pron. 109.23.

b uninflected

uninflected, EM 643.47.

In the wild

ἀδιάπτωτον · adiaptōton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5371)
ἀδιάπτωτος · adiaptōtos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5874)
ἀδιάπτωτος · adiaptōtos Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 3

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