useless, unprofitable,
ἀχρεῖος( Att.
ἄχρειοςacc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.136 ),ον, alsoα,ον
IG 7.303.10 (Oropus), Dsc. 4.5 , Polem.Phgn. 69 : Ion.
ἀχρήϊος:—
A. useless, unprofitable,
ἀχρήϊος ἀνήρ
Hes. Op. 297
;ἐπέων νομόςib. 403 ; δέμας
A. Pr. 365
, cf. Hp. Int. 39 ; οἰκητήρ
S. OC 627
; opp.εὐγενής,
Id. Fr. 667 ;ἐρινὸς ἀ. ὢν ἐς βρῶσινib. 181 ; ἀ. κοὐ σοφός
E. Med. 299
; δοῦλος
Ev.Matt. 25.30
; οὐκ ἀπράγμονα ἀλλ' ἀχρεῖον νομίζομεν
Th. 2.40
; λόγον ἀχρεῖον ἀπέρριψαν
Ant.Lib. 11.3
: Comp.
-ότερος, ὄρνιθες
Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.195
: c.inf.,unfitto do, ἀ. πράττειν τι
Pl. R. 371c
: c. dat., ἀ. τοῖς σώμασι
Agatharch. Fr.Hist. 3
, cf. Them. Or. 26.326a .
2. esp.unfit for war,
ἀ. ὅμιλος
Hdt. 3.81
;τὸ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοῦ the unserviceable partof an army, Id. 1.191 ; οἱ ἀχρειότατοι
Th. 1.93
, 2.6 , cf. X. HG 7.2.18 ; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ἡλικίας
Th. 2.44
.Adv.
-είως, ἔχειν πρὸς ναυμαχίαν
App. BC 5.84
.
II. neut.ἀχρεῖον,asAdv., twice in Hom. ,ἀχρεῖον ἰδώνgiving ahelplesslook, lookingfoolish,of Thersites after being beaten, Il. 2.269 ;ἀχρεῖον δ' ἐγέλασσεlaughedwithout cause,made aforcedlaugh, of Penelope trying to disguise her feelings, Od. 18.163 ;ἀχρεῖον κλάζεινbarkwithout needorcause,
Theoc. 25.72 .
III. Adv. ἀχρείως γέλασόν με(cf.ἀχρειόγελως) APl. 4.86 , cf. Them. Or. 33.367b : neut. pl. asAdv.
ἀχρεῖ' ἀσπαίροντος helplessly,
Euph. 44
.
