A.without fruit, barren, E.Fr.898.8, Pl.Ti. 91c; ἄ. ξύλον, = ἀκακία, LXX Is.41.19: c. gen., “λίμνη ἄ. ἰχθύων” Paus. 5.7.3.
2. metaph., fruitless, unprofitable, “πόνος” B.Fr.7.5; “λόγοι” Pl.Phdr.277a; “τὰ ἄ.” Arist.EN1125a11. Adv. “-πως” S.OT254.