ἄφυκτος, ον,
(φεύγω) not to be shunned, δῶρα θεῶν[[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.64] Refs 6th c.BC+]; from which none escape, θάνατος[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 39.3] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χείρ, γυιοπέδαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).65, “P.” 2.41; θεῶν ὄμμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 903; κακῶν τρικυμία [prev. work] 1016] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. κύνες, of the Erinyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1388 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an arrow, unerring, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 105, “Tr.” 265, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 634 (Lyric poetry); λαβή 4th c.BC: Nicochares Comicus 3D. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a question, admitting no escape, inevitable, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165b; λόγος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.17; ἄφυκτα ἐρωτᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 276e; λόγοι ἄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 757] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος[[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”)] Refs 5th c.BC+] 10. adverb -τως[[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 493, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II active, unable to escape, μέσον λαβὼν ἄ.[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1047; uncertain reading in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 784 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως[[ LXX.3Mac.7.9] LXX]: comparative ἀφυκτοτέρως ἂν διακέοιντο[[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 16.12.—In codices frequently written ἄφευκτος, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 115.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 29; ἄφευκτος ἀνάγκη “IG” 14.803 (from Naples).] Refs 4th c.BC+]