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

  • Γέσσιε, πῶσ, τί παθὼν κατέβησ δόμον Αἴ̈δοσ εἴσω γυμνόσ, ἀκήδεστοσ, σχήματι καινοτάφῳ ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6862)

Related

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

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