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ἄμεμπτος , ον,
A.blameless, without reproach, E.IA1158, Cyc.342; “ἀμέμπτους ὑμᾶς ἐδείξατε” D.18.216; ἄ. χρόνου in regard of time, A.Pers. 692; “ἄ. τἆλλα” Men.521; “πρός τι” A.Supp.629(dub.); “ἄ. ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων” X.Ages.6.8; ἄ. ἐκείνῃ without blame to her, Plu.Sull.35: Comp. “-ότερος” less blameworthy, Plu.Ages.5.
2. of things, perfect in its kind, “δεῖπνον” X.Smp.2.2; “δίκη” Pl.Lg.945d; “ἄ. πάντα ἔχειν” X.Mem.3.10.2. Adv. “-τως” irreproachably, A.Supp.269, S.Ph.1465, X.Cyr.7.3.10, Stoic.3.64.
II. Act., not blaming, well content, ἄμεμπτόν τινα ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι, X.Cyr.4.5.52, 8.4.28. Adv. -τως, δέχεσθαί τινα ib.4.2.37.
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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