ἀκήρ-υκτος · akēr-yktos — LSJ
unannounced, unproclaimed, sudden, in which no herald was admitted, truceless
unannounced, unproclaimed, ἀ. πόλεμος sudden war, Hdt. 5.81; also a war in which no herald was admitted, truceless, X. An. 3.3.5, Pl. Lg. 626a, Aeschin. 2.33; ἦν γὰρ ἄσπονδος καὶ ἀ. ὑμῖν πρὸς τοὺς θεατὰς πόλεμος D. 18.262; ἀ. ἔχθρα Plu. Per. 30.
2 without flag of truce
without flag of truce, τὸ ἀ. τῆς ὁδοῦ App. Mith. 104. Adv. -τως, ἐφοίτων Th. 1.146; cf. foreg.
II not proclaimed victor by heralds, inglorious
not proclaimed victor by heralds, inglorious, E. Heracl. 89, Aeschin. 3.230.
III with no tidings, not heard of
with no tidings, not heard of, S. Tr. 45, Nonn. D. 9.249.
2 unheralded
unheralded, ἔρωτες ib. 48.653.