A.= ἀκέραιος, unmixed pure, “κόρης ἀ. αἷμα” E.Hec.537; “ὕδωρ” Ar.Fr.32: metaph., “ἀρετή” J.AJProoem.4; πενία ἀ. sheer, utter poverty, AP6.191 (Corn. Long.). Adv. “-νῶς” Ph.1.100; honestly, Hld.2.30: Sup. -έστατον (but may be Adj.) Ph.2.319.
II. untouched, inviolate, E.Alc.1052; in Att. Prose only Th.1.19,52; freq. later, as D.H.6.14, Procop.Aed.1.10, al.; innocent, “ψυχή” Ph.1.515:—of troops, fresh, J.AJ18.10.7.
2. c. gen., untouched by . ., “ἀ. τῶν κατηπειλημένων” S.OC1147; κόρους ἀκραιφνεῖς μυρρίνης free from . ., Lysipp.9.