Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκήδεστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκήδεστος ἀκήδεστη ἀκήδεστον

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

Etym.: khde/w

Sense

  1. uncared for, unburied, without due rites of burial, without care for others, recklessly, remorselessly

Examples

  • Ἰλίου ἐξαπολοίατ’ ἀκήδεστοι καὶ ἄφαντοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 87 4:4)
  • τῶν μή τισ ὑπεκφύγοι αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον χεῖράσ θ’ ἡμετέρασ, μηδ’ ὅν τινα γαστέρι μήτηρ κοῦρον ἐόντα φέροι, μηδ’ ὃσ φύγοι, ἀλλ’ ἅμα πάντεσ Ἰλίου ἐξαπολοίατ’ ἀκήδεστοι καὶ ἄφαντοι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 9:6)

Related

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

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