A.incurable, Hp.Aph.7.87; ἕλκος, τραῦμα, Pl.Lg.877a, 878c: also in moral sense, πράγματα ib.660c; “ἀ. καὶ ἀνήκεστα κακά” Aeschin.3.156; “ἀνελευθερία ἀ. ἐστιν” Arist.EN1121b13.
2. of persons, incurable, incorrigible, Pl.R.410a, Grg.526b; “ἀ. κατὰ τὴν μοχθηρίαν” Arist.EN1165b18, al. Adv. ἀνιάτως, ἔχειν to be incurable, Pl.Phd.113e, D.18.324; “οἱ ἀ. κακοί” Arist.EN1137a29.
II. Act., ἀ. μετάνοια unavailing repentance, Antipho 2.4.12.