Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄθεσμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθεσμος ἄθεσμη ἄθεσμον

Structure: ἀθεσμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = a)qe/smios, Plut.

Sense

  1. illicit, criminal

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό τίσ σοῦ, Κολχὶσ ἄθεσμε, συνέγραφεν εἰκόνι θυμόν; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1371)

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

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