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ἀόριστ-ος , ον,
A.without boundaries, debatable, “γῆ” Th.1.139.
2. limitless, ὀρέξεις, φόβοι, ἐπιθυμίαι, Epicur.Fr.202,203.
II. indeterminate, Pl.Lg.643d, Arist.Metaph. 1087a17, al.; “οὐδὲν ἀνεξέταστον οὐδ᾽ ἀ.” D.4.36; ἄτακτα, ἀδιόρθωτα, ἀόρισθ᾽ ἅπαντα ibid.; ἀ. ἀξιώματα indefinite propositions, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.5,al.; ἀ. καὶ κρίσεως προσδεόμενον, opp. ὡρισμένον, Epicur. Nat.p.31 G.; ἀ. [ἄρχων] one who holds office without limit of time, Arist.Pol.1275a26; uncertain, “ζωῆς τελευτή” AP9.499: Comp. “πρόληψις” Phld.Rh.2.189S., cf. Plot.3.9.2. Adv. “-τως” Pl.Lg.916e, Arist. Cat.8b9,al.
2. ἀ. ὄνομα or ῥῆμα an indefinite term, as “οὐκ-ἄνθρωπος” Id.Int.16a32, 16b14; of pronouns, A.D.Pron.7.1, al.
3. ὁ ἀ. (sc. χρόνος) the aorist tense, D.T.638.24, A.D.Synt.276.5,al.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Demosthenes, Philippic 1, 36
    • Plato, Laws, 643d
    • Plato, Laws, 916e
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.139
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