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Headword: Ἀδιάδραστον
Adler number: alpha,471
Translated headword: inevitable
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Inescapable.[1]
"Anyone would be astounded by the inevitability[2] of the justice from the vengeance visited upon this man".[3]
Greek Original:
Ἀδιάδραστον: ἄφυκτον. καταπλαγείη δ' ἄν τις τὸ ἀδιάδραστον τῆς δίκης ἐκ τῆς συμβάσης τούτῳ τιμωρίας.
Notes:
[1] Neuter accusative singular of this adjective, from the quotation which follows.
[2] Greek idiom says "the inevitable".
[3] Aelian fr. 220 Domingo-Forasté (219 Hercher).
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 October 1999@03:45:49.
Vetted by:
William Hutton on 25 October 1999@15:41:51.
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 25 January 2001@04:35:31.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 13 August 2006@08:56:41.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 10 January 2012@09:19:56.
Catharine Roth (updated reference in note 3) on 29 January 2012@22:49:17.
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