Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄδαιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδαιτος ἄδαιτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + δαιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dai/numai

Sense

  1. of which none might eat

Examples

  • ἰήιον δὲ καλέω Παιᾶνα, μή τινασ ἀντιπνόουσ Δανα‐ οῖσ χρονίασ ἐχενῇδασ ἀ‐ πλοίασ τεύξῃ, σπευδομένα θυσίαν ἑτέραν ἄνομόν τιν’, ἄδαιτον νεικέων τέκτονα σύμφυτον, οὐ δεισήνορα. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, epode 1:2)

Similar forms

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

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