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ἀπείρῳ (apeiro)

ἀπείρῳ is an Ancient Greek form of ἤπειρος, meaning “mainland, continent, land”.

It can also be a form of ἄπειρος, “boundless; inexperienced”. It is the dative singular masculine noun or adjective or noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of ἀπειρόω, “make infinite”.

It can also be a form of ἄπειροσ, “boundless, infinite; countless”. It is the dative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 31 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 10.1.47: … οὐθὲν ἀντιμαρτυρεῖ τῶν φαινομένων· ὅθεν καὶ τάχη ἀνυπέρβλητα ἔχει, πάντα πόρον σύμμετρον ἔχοντα πρὸς τῷ 〈τῷ〉 ἀπείρῳ αὐτῶν μηθὲν ἀντικόπτειν ἢ ὀλίγα ἀντικόπτειν, πολλαῖς δὲ καὶ ἀπείροις εὐθὺς ἀντικόπτειν τι.

Pindar, Nemean 4.51: Φθίᾳ· Νεοπτόλεμος δʼ Ἀπείρῳ διαπρυσίᾳ,

Plato, Philebus 24: … αὶ ἧττον ἔνι. καὶ μάλα. ἀεὶ τοίνυν ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν σημαίνει τούτω μὴ τέλος ἔχειν· ἀτελῆ δʼ ὄντε δήπου παντάπασιν ἀπείρω γίγνεσθον. καὶ σφόδρα γε, ὦ Σώκρατες. ἀλλʼ εὖ γε, ὦ φίλε Πρώταρχε, ὑπέλαβες καὶ ἀνέμνησας ὅτι καὶ τὸ σφόδρα τ …

All forms of ἤπειρος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.