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

  • καὶ ἡδίστῳ καὶ βαθεῖ κατεσχέθη τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ τοῦ Δεσπότου, τῆσ ἀθέσμου μὲν προθέσεωσ πολὺ διεσφαλμένοσ, τοῦ δὲ ἀμεταθέτου λογισμοῦ μεγάλωσ διεψευσμένοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:12)
  • θεῖναι δέ φασι καὶ νόμουσ τὴν Ἶσιν, καθ’ οὓσ ἀλλήλοισ διδόναι τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τῆσ ἀθέσμου βίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 14 3:2)

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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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