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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

  • εἴτ’ ἀρκούμενοι τῷ παρὰ τῆσ τύχησ δοθέντι ἀγαθῷ, εἴτ’ οὐ πιστεύοντεσ ἀνασκήτῳ στρατιᾷ τῇ σφετέρᾳ, εἴτε περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενοι τὸ μηδ’ ὀλίγουσ τῶν σφετέρων ἀποβαλεῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 63 6:2)

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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