Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄγευστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγευστος

Structure: ἀγευστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: geu/omai

Sense

  1. without taste of, fasting from

Examples

  • "οὔτε γὰρ ἀναίτιοσ νόσου σύστασὶσ ἐστι, τὴν ἐκ μὴ ὄντοσ παρανόμωσ ἐπεισάγουσα γένεσιν καὶ δύναμιν τοῖσ πράγμασιν αἰτίαν τε καινὴν ἔργον ἐξευρεῖν, μὴ καινὸν ἀέρα καὶ ξένον ὕδωρ καὶ τροφὰσ ἀγεύστουσ τοῖσ πρότερον ἐξ ἑτέρων τινῶν κόσμων ἢ μετακοσμίων ἀποφήναντι δεῦρο νῦν πρῶτον ἐπιρρεούσασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 6:7)

Synonyms

  1. without taste of

Related

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

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