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ἀνάσκητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάσκητος ἀνάσκητη ἀνάσκητον

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

Etym.: a)ske/w

Sense

  1. unpractised, unexercised

Examples

  • αἱ μὲν γὰρ νῆεσ γέμουσαι δυσχρήστωσ διέκειντο πρὸσ τὸν κίνδυνον, τὰ δὲ πληρώματα τελέωσ ἦν ἀνάσκητα καὶ πρὸσ καιρὸν ἐμβεβλημένα, τὰ δ’ ἐπιβατικὰ νεοσύλλογα καὶ πρωτόπειρα πάσησ κακοπαθείασ καὶ παντὸσ δεινοῦ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 61 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. unpractised

Related

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

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