Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀλάλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλάλητος ἀλάλητη ἀλάλητον

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

Etym.: lale/w

Sense

  1. unutterable

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ἀλαλητῷ θεσπεσίῳ σύνισαν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 35:8)
  • οἳ δὲ ξύνισαν μεγάλῳ ἀλαλητῷ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 65:11)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀλαλητῷ κόπτον ὕδωρ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 9:39)
  • ὣσ ἔφαθ’, οἱ δ’ ἄρ’ ἀνήϊξαν μεγάλῳ ἀλαλητῷ ἡμίσεων πλείουσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 24 51:1)
  • τοὶ δ’ ἀλαλητῷ νῆασ ἔπ’ ἐσσεύοντο, ποδῶν δ’ ὑπένερθε κονίη ἵστατ’ ἀειρομένη· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. unutterable

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

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