ἀδῠ́νᾰτ-ος,ον,
I. of persons,unableto do a thing, c.inf., Hdt. 3.138 , Epich. 272 , E. HF 56 , etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν
Arist. Rh. 1379a2
;ἀ. ὥστε. . Onos. 1.13 : Comp. ,τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν] Pl. Grg. 483d : Sup.
-ώτατος, λέγειν
Eup. 95
.
2. abs.,without strength, powerless, weakly, Hdt. 5.9 , E. Ion 596 , Andr. 746 ;οἱ ἀ.mendisabled for service, whether asinvalidsorpaupers, Lys. 24 tit., Arist. Ath. 49.4 ; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν
Aeschin. 1.103
; ἀ. σώματι
Lys. 2.73
;ἀ. χρήμασι poor, Th. 7.28 ;εἴς τι
Pl. Hp.Mi. 366b ;οἱ -ώτατοιpersonsof no importance, Phld. Herc. 1457.8 ; of ships,disabled, Hdt. 6.16 ;τὸ ἀ. want of strength, Pl. Hp.Ma. 296a ;τὰ ἀ. disabilities, D. 18.108 .
II. of things,impossible, E. Or. 665 , Hel. 1043 ;ἐλπίδες unrealizable, Democr. 58 ; τὸ ἀ.