COMPOUND: ἀτειρής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘not to be rubbed or worn away, indestructible’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + verbal root τείρ- (τείρω) ‘oppress, distress, weaken’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 60; V, 292; VII, 247; XIII, 45; XIV, 25; XV, 697; XVII, 555; XVIII, 474; XIX, 233; XX, 108; XXII, 227; Od. XI, 270; XIII, 368
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sing., nom. f. (target gender) sg., acc. m. sg., acc. f. (target gender) sg., acc. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: ἀ- privativum is not a free word in Greek