ἀπέραντος, ον,
(περαίνω) boundless, infinite, of space, πεδίον[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.38 (who also has ἀπείραντος ἀλκά “P.” 9.35); πόντου κλῇδ᾽ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 213 (Lyric poetry); τὸν ἀέρα τόνδ᾽ ὄντ᾽ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 393; ὁδός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of time, endless, τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον· ἀπέραντον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 3; χρόνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 302a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of number, countless, infinite, ἀ. ἀριθμὸς ἀνθρώπων[[ [prev. author] “Criti.” 119a; ἀ. κακά [prev. author] “R.” 591d, +others; λῦπαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 7; πένθη “Fab.” 17] Refs 1st c.AD+]; unlimited, τιμωρίαι[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.39] Refs 4th c.BC+]; generally, of events, business, etc., ἀπέραντον ἦν there was no end to it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.36; μακρὸν καὶ ἀ. φαίνεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1101a26] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπέραντα περαίνειν represent as concluded what is not concluded, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 9] Refs 2nd c.AD+] (with allusion to signification [[ 111); μηδὲν ἀβασάνιστον μηδ᾽ ἀ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.75.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]adverb, τὸ ἀπεράντως διεστηκός of unlimited dimensions, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 204b21, “Metaphorical” 1066b33. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II allowing no escape, whence none can pass, Τάρταρος, δίκτυον, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 153, 1087 (both Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III in Logic, inconclusive, λόγος[[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.97 W., compare “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.77. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]