ἄθικτος

A. untouched: mostly c. gen., untouched by a thing, ἀκτῖνος ἄ. S. Tr. 686; ἄ. ἡγητῆρος Id. OC 1521, etc.; κερδῶν ἄθικτον βουλευτήριον untouched by gain, i.e. incorruptible, A. Eu. 704, cf. Plu. Cim. 10: c. dat., νόσοις ἄ. A. Supp. 561; ἄ. ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου Plu. Per. 13.

2. chaste, virgin, κόραι Ion Trag.11; εὐνή E. Hel. 795, cf. Arar. 14; ἄ. ἅμματα παρθενίης Epigr.Gr. 248.8 (Phryg.); ἄ. εἰς Κυθηρίην σφρηγίς Herod. 1.55: of substances, ἄ. θεῖον, virgin sulphur, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.45B.

3. not to be touched, holy, τὸν ἄ. γᾶς ὀμφαλόν, of Delphi, S. OT 897; ἄ. οὐδ’ οἰκητὸς [ὁ χῶρος] Id. OC 39; ἄθικτα holy things, A. Ag. 371, S. OT 891.

4. not to be touched, abominable, EM 25.10.

II. Act., not touching, c. gen., Call. Dian. 201.