ἀκήρ-υκτος,ον,
A. unannounced, unproclaimed,ἀ. πόλεμος suddenwar, Hdt. 5.81 ; also a warin which no herald was admitted, truceless, X. An. 3.3.5 , Pl. Lg. 626a , Aeschin. 2.33 ; ἦν γὰρ ἄσπονδος καὶ ἀ. ὑμῖν πρὸς τοὺς θεατὰς πόλεμος
D. 18.262
; ἀ. ἔχθρα
Plu. Per. 30
.
2. without flag of truce, τὸ ἀ. τῆς ὁδοῦ
App. Mith. 104
.Adv.
-τως, ἐφοίτων
Th. 1.146
; cf. foreg.
II. not proclaimed victor by heralds, inglorious, E. Heracl. 89 , Aeschin. 3.230 .
III. with no tidings, not heard of, S. Tr. 45 , Nonn. D. 9.249 .
2. unheralded,ἔρωτεςib. 48.653 .