ἀκάματος

akamatos

without sense of toil

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκάματος, ον, also η, ον Hes. Th. 747, B. 5.25, S. Ant. 339:—A. without sense of toil, hence, 1. untiring, unresting, in Hom. always epith. of fire, Il. 5.4, Od. 20.123,al.; ἄνεμοι Emp. 111.3; σθένος A. Pers. 901; ἅλς B.l.c.; ἀ. γῆ earth that never rests from tillage, or inexhaustible, S.l.c.:—neut. ἀκάματα as Adv., Id. El. 164(lyr.). 2. not tired, χείρ Hp. Fract. 3; ὄμματα B. 18.20. 3. metaph., δόξα 12.178; πρόνοια Stoic. 1.125. II. Act., not tiring, Aret. CD 2.13. Adv. -τως, in Comp., less painfully, Hp. Mul. 1.1:—also -τεί Hsch. s.v. ἀκμητί. [ᾰκᾰμᾰτος S. El. 164; but first syll. long in dactylic verse.]
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