Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄθαπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθαπτος ἄθαπτη ἄθαπτον

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

Etym.: qa/ptw

Sense

  1. unburied
  2. unworthy of burial

Examples

  • ἆρ’ ὧδ’ ἄριστοσ ἐξ ἀριστέοιν δυοῖν βλαστὼν ἂν αἰσχύνοιμι τοὺσ πρὸσ αἵματοσ, οὓσ νῦν σὺ τοιοῖσδ’ ἐν πόνοισι κειμένουσ ὠθεῖσ ἀθάπτουσ, οὐδ’ ἐπαισχύνει λέγων; (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. unburied

  2. unworthy of burial

Related

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

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