boundless, infinite,
ἀπέραντος,ον, (περαίνω)
A. boundless, infinite,of space, πεδίον
Pi. N. 8.38
(who also has ἀπείραντος ἀλκά
P. 9.35
); πόντου κλῇδ' ἀ.
E. Med. 213
(lyr.); τὸν ἀέρα τόνδ' ὄντ' ἀ.
Ar. Nu. 393
; ὁδός
Pl. Tht. 147c
; of time,endless,
τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον: ἀπέραντον
Ar. Nu. 3
; χρόνος
Pl. Plt. 302a
; of number,countless, infinite,
ἀ. ἀριθμὸς ἀνθρώπων
Id. Criti. 119a
; ἀ. κακά
Id. R. 591d
, al.; λῦπαι
Plu. Sol. 7
; πένθη
Fab. 17
;unlimited,
τιμωρίαι
D. 23.39
; generally, of events, business, etc.,ἀπέραντον ἦνthere wasno end to it,
Th. 4.36 ; μακρὸν καὶ ἀ. φαίνεται
Arist. EN 1101a26
;ἀπέραντα περαίνεινrepresent as concludedwhat is not concluded,
Luc. Philops. 9 (with allusion to signf. 111 ); μηδὲν ἀβασάνιστον μηδ' ἀ.
Plb. 4.75.3
.Adv.,τὸ ἀπεράντως διεστηκόςofunlimiteddimensions, Arist. Ph. 204b21 , Metaph. 1066b33 .
II. allowing no escape, whence none can pass, Τάρταρος, δίκτυον,
A. Pr. 153 , 1087
(both lyr.).
III. in Logic,inconclusive,
λόγος
Phld. Ir. p.97
W., cf. Stoic. 2.77 .
IV. incomplete, imperfect,of persons, ἀτελὴς καὶ ἀ.
Artem. 1.12
.
