Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Ἄδραστος(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /á.draːs.tos/(Classical Greek) Meaning & History Means "not inclined to run away" in Greek, from the negative prefix ἀ (a) and διδράσκω (didrasko) meaning "to run away". This was the name of a king of Argos in Greek legend.