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ἀεκήλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀεκήλιος ἀεκήλιη ἀεκήλιον

Structure: ἀεκηλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = a)eike/lios, Il.

Sense

  1. unwelcome

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν δή τοι τετέλεσται ἐκ Διόσ, ὡσ ἄρα δὴ πρίν γ’ εὔχεο χεῖρασ ἀνασχὼν πάντασ ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσιν ἀλήμεναι υἱᾶσ Ἀχαιῶν σεῦ ἐπιδευομένουσ, παθέειν τ’ ἀεκήλια ἔργα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 6:8)

Synonyms

  1. unwelcome

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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