Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀξύστατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀξύστατος ἀξύστατη ἀξύστατον

Structure: ἀξυστατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: v. a)su/statos

Sense

Examples

  • ἐγὼ γὰρ Αἰσχύλον νομίζω πρῶτον ἐν ποιηταῖσ, ψόφου πλέων ἀξύστατον στόμφακα κρημνοποιόν; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme9)
  • μηδ’ εἰσ Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃσ, ὡσ ἀνδρολέτειρ’, ὡσ μία πολλῶν ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰσ Δαναῶν ὀλέσασ’ ἀξύστατον ἄλγοσ ἔπραξεν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, anapests 1:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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