Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσφακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσφακτος ἄσφακτη ἄσφακτον

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

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

  1. unslaughtered

Examples

  • Φιλύλλιὸσ τε ἢ ὁ ποιήσασ τὰσ Πόλεισ φησίν ὅ τι ἂν τύχῃ μάγειροσ ἀδικήσασ, τὸν αὐλητὴν λαβεῖν πληγάσ περὶ ἡμιόπτου καὶ ἡμιέφθου καὶ ἀσφάκτου γεμιστοῦ χοίρου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 26 3:2)

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

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