A.boundless, infinite, of space, “πεδίον” Pi.N. 8.38 (who also has “ἀπείραντος ἀλκά” P.9.35); “πόντου κλῇδ᾽ ἀ.” E.Med. 213 (lyr.); “τὸν ἀέρα τόνδ᾽ ὄντ᾽ ἀ.” Ar.Nu.393; “ὁδός” Pl.Tht.147c; of time, endless, “τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον: ἀπέραντον” Ar.Nu.3; “χρόνος” Pl.Plt.302a; of number, countless, infinite, “ἀ. ἀριθμὸς ἀνθρώπων” Id.Criti.119a; “ἀ. κακά” Id.R.591d, al.; “λῦπαι” Plu.Sol.7; “πένθη” Fab.17; unlimited, “τιμωρίαι” D.23.39; generally, of events, business, etc., ἀπέραντον ἦν there was no end to it, Th.4.36; “μακρὸν καὶ ἀ. φαίνεται” Arist.EN1101a26; ἀπέραντα περαίνειν represent as concluded what is not concluded, Luc.Philops.9 (with allusion to signf. 111); “μηδὲν ἀβασάνιστον μηδ᾽ ἀ.” Plb.4.75.3. Adv., τὸ ἀπεράντως διεστηκός of unlimited dimensions, Arist.Ph.204b21, Metaph.1066b33.
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