ἄλληκτος

in α

COMPOUND: ἄλληκτος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A (α+V+Suf)
MEANING: ‘unceasing, ceaseless’
ETIMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + ληκ- (λήγω) ‘stay, abate, leave off, cease’ + adj. suf. -τος, ον 
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 452; XI, 12; XIV, 152; Od. XII, 325
CASE: acc. n. sg. (adv.)., nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative (karmadhāraya)
NOTES: Poet. for ἄληκτος. First member is not a free word in Greek.