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ἀπείρητος , Dor. and Att. ἀπείρα_τος , ον, also η, ον h.Ven.133;
A.without trial, and so:
I. Act., without making trial of, without making an attempt upon, c. gen., ἀπείρητος . . σταθμοῖο, of a lion, Il. 12.304: abs., making no attempt or venture, Pi.I.4(3).30.
2. without trial or experience of, unknowing of, φιλότητος h.Ven. l. c., cf. J.BJ3.4.1, Plu.2.681c, etc.; “στρατὸν μηδ᾽ ἀπείρατον καλῶν” Pi.O.11 (10).18; ἀλλοδαπῶν οὐκ ἀ. δόμοι not unvisited by . ., Id.N.1.23; ἀ. πολεμίας σάλπιγγος that never heard an enemy's bugle, Demad.12: abs., inexperienced, opp. εὖ εἰδώς, Od.2.170, cf. Pi.O.8.61. Adv. “ἀπειράτως, ἔχειν τινός” Paus.10.7.1.
II. Pass., untried, unattempted, “οὐ μὰν ἔτι δηρὸν ἀ. πόνος ἔσται . . ἤτ᾽ ἀλκῆς ἤτε φόβοιο” Il.17.41 (where however Nicanor took it in signf. 1.2); “ἔστω μηδὲν ἀ.” Hdt.7.9.“γ́; οὐδὲν ἦν ἀπείρατον τούτοις κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ” D.18.249, cf. J.BJ7.8.1, Luc. Tox.3.
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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