A.bearable, sufferable, tolcrable, mostly with a neg. (like ἀνασχετός)“, λοίγια ἔργα . . οὐδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἀϝεκτά” Il.1.573; “χρειὼ . . οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτός” 10.118, Thgn.1195, etc.: so mostly in Att., “οὐκ ἀνεκτόν” A.Ag.1364; “οὐκ ἀνεκτά” S.Ant.282, etc.; or with a question, “ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνεκτά;” Id.OT429; “ταυτὶ δῆτ᾽ ἀνέκτ᾽ ἀκούειν;” Ar. Th.563:—οὐκ ἀνεκτόν [ἐστι] foll. by inf., with or without μὴ οὐ, Pl. Tht.154c,181b; τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἀ. ἐμοὶ . . γίγνε<*>θαι Id.Lg.861d.
2. without a neg., “τὸ μὲν καὶ ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν” that can be endured, Od.20.83; “ἀ. χοὖτος ἦν ὅμως ἐμοί” Pherecr.145.13; “ἀνεκτὰ παθεῖν” Th. 7.77; “μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεκτοὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι ἐς ὅσον . .” Id.2.35; παντὶ τρόπψ ὅστις καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἀνεκτός in any tolerable manner whatsoever, Id.8.90; “ἀ. τι λέγειν” Isoc.8.65; “συμβίωσιν -όν” Phld.Ir.p.78W.; “ἀνεκτότερα” more tolerable, Cic.Att.12.45.2; “ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται τινί” Ev.Matt. 10.15,11.22, etc.: Sup., Phld.Rh.2.226S.