Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • "ἦπου τὸ ἔμψυχον καὶ αὐτοκίνητον ὁρμῆσ τε καὶ λόγου μετέχον ἄλλωσ ἄν τισ ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ προϋπάρχουσαν ἕξιν ἢ δύναμιν ἢ φύσιν μεταχειρίσαιτο, μουσικῶσ κινῶν νοῦν ἄμουσον ἢ γραμματικῶσ τὸν ἀγράμματον ἢ λογίωσ τὸν ἐν λόγοισ ἀθεώρητον καὶ ἀνάσκητον; (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 2113)

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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