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ἄλουτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλουτος ἄλουτη ἄλουτον

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

Etym.: lou/omai

Sense

  1. unwashen, not using the bath

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι σχεδὸν πάντεσ ἄνθρωποι, πλὴν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ Ἑλλήνων, μίσγονται ἐν ἱροῖσι καὶ ἀπὸ γυναικῶν ἀνιστάμενοι ἄλουτοι ἐσέρχονται ἐσ ἱρόν, νομίζοντεσ ἀνθρώπουσ εἶναι κατά περ τὰ ἄλλα κτήνεα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 64 2:2)

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

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