ἄπειρος, ον,
(πεῖραρ, πέρας)
__B boundless, infinite, σκότος[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 130.8; τὸν ὑψοῦ τόνδ᾽ ἄ. αἰθέρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941; ἤπειρον εἰς ἄ. [prev. work] 998 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of number, countless, πλῆθος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; ἀριθμὸς ἄ. πλήθει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 144a; ἄ. τὸ πλῆθος [prev. author] “R.” 525a, +others; εἰς ἄ. τὴν ἀδικίαν αὐξάνειν [prev. author] “Lg.” 910b; χρόνος ἄ. “OGI” 383.113 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος[[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 50, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 17.15] Refs 5th c.AD+]; τὸ ἄ. the Infinite, as a first principle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 203a3, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially in the system of Anaximander, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.1, etc.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; but τὰ ἄπειρα individuals, opposed to τὰ εἴδη, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 109b14, compare “Metaphorical” 999a27, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄπειρος, opposed to πεπερασμένος, [[ “Ph.” 202b31] Refs]; εἰς ἄ. ἰέναι, προϊέναι, ἥκειν, etc., [[ “APo.” 81b33, “Ph.” 209a25, “EN” 1113a2, etc.; [γῆ] ἐπ᾽ ἄπειρον ἐρριζωμένη 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.20] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also, indefinite, ὕλη[[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.86. ] Refs]
__B.2 in Trag., frequently of garments, etc., in which one is entangled past escape, i.e. without outlet, ἀμφίβληστρον[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1382; χιτών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 526; ὕφασμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]