Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐδ’ ἐλεεῖσ τὸ παιδίον ἄλουτον ὂν κἄθηλον ἕκτην ἡμέραν; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene 1:16)
  • δεῖ οὖν μαντεύσασθαι πῶσ ποτ’ ἄνθρωποσ ἐξαπίνησ ἔχων κύλικα προβάλλει ζητήματα καθάπερ ἐν διατριβῇ λέγων, Ἀριστοτέλησ δὲ ἄλουτον καὶ κονιορτοῦ ἥκειν πλήρη τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸ συμπόσιόν φησιν ̓ ἔπειθ’ ὁ μὲν Ὅμηροσ ἐκδιδάσκει τίνασ κλητέον, εἰπὼν ὡσ τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ τε καὶ ἐντίμουσ χρὴ καλεῖν κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντασ ἀριστῆασ Παναχαιῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3 1:2)

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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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