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ἄκαρπ-ος

akarpos

without fruit, barren

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἄκαρπ-ος · akarp-os — LSJ

without fruit, barren

without fruit, barren, E. Fr. 898.8, Pl. Ti. 91c; ἄ. ξύλον, = ἀκακία, LXX Is. 41.19: c. gen., λίμνη ἄ. ἰχθύων Paus. 5.7.3.

2 fruitless, unprofitable

metaph., fruitless, unprofitable, πόνος B. Fr. 7.5; λόγοι Pl. Phdr. 277a; τὰ ἄ. Arist. EN 1125a11. Adv. -πως S. OT 254.

II making barren

Act., making barren, A. Eu. 942, cf. (Max.Tyr. 5.4.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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