ἄρρηκτος

arrektos

unbroken, not to be broken

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2490
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

1337
13360
Book 14 2
Chapter ?

1456
1468
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

1520
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20150
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21447
Odyssey 2
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8275
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

104

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄρρηκτος, ον, (ῥήγνυμι) A. unbroken, not to be broken, δεσμὸν . . χρύσεον ἄ. Il. 15.20, cf. 13.37; τεῖχος χάλκεον ἄ. Od. 10.4, cf. Il. 14.56; ἵνʼ ἄ. πόλις εἴη 21.447; ἄ. νεφέλην 20.150; πτολέμοιο πεῖραρ . . ἄρρηκτόν τʼ ἄλυτόν τʼ 13.360; φωνή τʼ ἄ. 2.490; ἄ. πέδαι A. Pr. 6; σάκος Id. Supp. 190, S. Aj. 576; ἄρρηκτος φυάν, i.e. invulnerable, Pi. I. 6(5).47; δέρμα ἄ. ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου, of the crocodile, Hdt. 2.68, cf. Arist. HA 503a10; ἄ. χάλαζαι Theoc. 22.16: metaph., θυμός Id. 25.112; of land, unploughed, Tab.Heracl. 1.19. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν Ar. Lys. 182; with unbroken courage, Phld. Mort. 39.

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