ἀδῠνᾰτ-ος, ον,
__I of persons, unable to do a thing, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.138, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 272, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 56, etc.; ἀ. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379a2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὥστε.. [[ 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.13: _comparative_, τὸν δυνατώτερον τοῦ -ωτέρου [πλέον ἔχειν] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 483d] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος, λέγειν[[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 absolutely, without strength, powerless, weakly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 596, “Andr.” 746] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀ. men disabled for service, whether as invalids or paupers, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24 at Title Page, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.4; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. μισθοφορεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.103; ἀ. σώματι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χρήμασι poor, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴς τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 366b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ -ώτατοι persons of no importance, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.8 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of ships, disabled, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀ. want of strength, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 296a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀ. disabilities, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.108. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II of things, impossible, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 665, “Hel.” 1043] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδες unrealizable, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 58; τὸ ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 280b12; ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀ. ἀπαγωγή ] Refs 4th c.BC+]reductio ad impossibile, APr. [[ 29b5; ὁ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. συλλογισμός, ἡ διὰ τοῦ ἀ. δεῖξις, [prev. work] 34b30, 45a35; ἀδύνατα βούλομαι Lynceus Comicus 1.12:] Refs] —ἀδύνατόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδύνατά [ἐστι] [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.81, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91, 6.106, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.59] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὑμῖν ὥστε.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338c; ὑμέας καταλελάβηκε ἀ. τι βοηθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60; τὰ ἀ. καρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1370; τολμᾶν ἀδύνατα [prev. author] “Hel.” 811; ἀδυνάτων ἐρᾶν [prev. author] “HF” 318, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8, etc.; proverbial, ἀδύνατα θηρᾷς 15th c.AD: Macarius Paroemiographus 1.26: _comparative_ -ώτερον, ἔτι.. εἰ οἷόν τε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 192b, compare “Prm.” 138d] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, ὃ δὴ πάντων -ώτατον[[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 15b. ] Refs]