COMPOUND: ἀπείρων, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘boundless, infinite’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + noun root πειρ- (πεῖραρ, -ατος) ‘end, limit’ + adj. suf. -ων, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 350; VII, 446; XXIV, 342, 545, 776; Od. I, 98; VII, 286; VIII, 340; XV, 79; XVII, 386, 418; XIX, 107
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., acc. m. sg., acc. f. (target gender) sg. 
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: ἀ- privativum is not a free word