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ἀκέραι-ος

akeraios

pure, unmixed

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Where it lives

Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
First Olynthiac 1 · 5.49/10k
Against Leochares 1 · 2.43/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Panegyricus 1 · 0.93/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκέραι-ος · akerai-os — LSJ

pure, unmixed, untouched, unalloyed

pure, unmixed, ὕδωρ Arist. HA 605a15; οἶνος Dsc. 5.6; ἀργύριον Poll. 3.86, etc.; untouched, γῆ, νομή, Pl. Criti. 111b, Arist. HA 575b3; unalloyed, ἡδοναί Epicur. Sent. 12.

2 pure in blood

of persons, pure in blood, E. Ph. 943.

II unharmed, unravaged, in full force, fresh, untouched

unharmed, unravaged, ἀ. ἀπολαμβάνειν τὴν πόλιν Hdt. 3.146; γῆ Th. 2.18; χώρα D. 1.28; δύναμις, of an army, in full force, Th. 3.3; of troops, fresh, X. An. 6.5.9, Plb. 1.40.12, etc.; of property, untouched, οὐσία D. 44.23; ἐᾶν τι ἀσινὲς καὶ ἀ. IG 3.1418f; of a person, Pers. Stoic. 1.99.

2 pure, inviolate, complete, perfect

metaph., pure, inviolate, ἀκέραιον ὡς σῴσαιμι Μενέλεῳ λέχος E. Hel. 48; [τέχνη] ἀβλαβὴς καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 342b; complete, perfect, φαντασίαι Phld. D. 3.8; ἐλπίς Plb. 6.9.3; ὁρμαί Id. 1.45.2.

3 uncontaminated, guileless, incorruptible, unprejudiced, with an open mind

of persons, uncontaminated, guileless, E. Or. 922; incorruptible, κριτής D.H. 7.4: c. gen., ἀ. κακῶν ἠθῶν Pl. R. 409a, cf. Men. Epit. 489; unprejudiced, with an open mind, Plb. 21.31.12.

4 anew, while matters are undecided, alone, in full, unreservedly

ἐξ ἀκεραίου anew, Id. 23.4.10; while matters are undecided, Id. 6.24.9; ἀκέραιον ἐᾶν leave alone, Id. 2.2.10; εἰς -ον ἀποκαθιστάναι, = Lat. in integrum restituere, IG 14.951. Adv. -ως, of payment, in full, Cic. Att. 15.21.2; unreservedly, Phld. Lib. p.57O.

In the wild

ἀκέραιον · akeraion Demosthenes, Against Leochares 23 (DIORISIS sentence 65)
ἀκεραίου · akeraiou Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 28 (DIORISIS sentence 88)
ἀκεραίους · akeraious Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9330)
ἀκέραιος · akeraios Epictetus, Discourses 3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 5174)
ἀκέραιον · akeraion Euripides, Helen *(ele/nh (DIORISIS sentence 18)
ἀκέραιος · akeraios Euripides, Orestes *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 644)

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