Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσκοπος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσκοπος ἄσκοπη ἄσκοπον

Structure: ἀσκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skope/w

Sense

  1. inconsiderate, heedless, unregardful of
  2. unseen, invisible
  3. not to be seen, unintelligible, obscure, inconceivable, incalculable

Examples

  • ἄσκοποσ ἁ λώβα. (Sophocles, choral, antistrophe 23)
  • σὴ γὰρ ὀπωπὴ ἄσκοποσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 362)
  • οὔτε γάρ ἐστ’ ἄφρων οὔτ’ ἄσκοποσ οὔτ’ ἀλιτήμων, ἀλλὰ μάλ’ ἐνδυκέωσ ἱκέτεω πεφιδήσεται ἀνδρόσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 13:8)
  • οὔτε γάρ ἔστ’ ἄφρων οὔτ’ ἄσκοποσ οὔτ’ ἀλιτήμων, ἀλλὰ μάλ’ ἐνδυκέωσ ἱκέτεω πεφιδήσεται ἀνδρόσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 15:16)

Synonyms

  1. inconsiderate

  2. unseen

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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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