Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀδέψητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδέψητος ἀδέψητη ἀδέψητον

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

Etym.: de/yw

Sense

  1. untanned

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ κοίτοιο καὶ ὕπνου μιμνήσκοιτο, ἡ μὲν δέμνι’ ἄνωγεν ὑποστορέσαι δμῳῇσιν, αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’, ὥσ τισ πάμπαν ὀϊζυρὸσ καὶ ἄποτμοσ, οὐκ ἔθελ’ ἐν λέκτροισι καὶ ἐν ῥήγεσσι καθεύδειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀδεψήτῳ βοέῃ καὶ κώεσιν οἰῶν ἔδραθ’ ἐνὶ προδόμῳ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 20:5)

Synonyms

  1. untanned

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

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