Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνόστιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνόστιμος ἀνόστιμη ἀνόστιμον

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

Sense

  1. not returning
  2. not to be retraced

Examples

  • στέγαι δ’ ἔρημοι φίλων, τὰν δ’ ἀνόστιμον τέκνων Χάρωνοσ ἐπιμένει πλάτα βίου κέλευθον ἄθεον ἄδι‐ κον· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 33)
  • ἀλλὰ τὰ μέν που μέλλεν ἀγάσσεσθαι θεὸσ αὐτόσ, ὃσ κεῖνον δύστηνον ἀνόστιμον οἰο͂ν ἔθηκεν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 19:7)

Synonyms

  1. not returning

Derived

Similar forms

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

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