Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσπειστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσπειστος ἄσπειστη ἄσπειστον

Structure: ἀσπειστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spe/ndw

Sense

  1. to be appeased by no libations, implacable

Examples

  • μισοῦσι δ’ ἄλληλα καὶ ἀπεχθάνονται καὶ πολεμοῦσιν ὥσπερ ἀσπείστουσ τινὰσ πολέμουσ ἀετοὶ καὶ δράκοντεσ, κορῶναι καὶ γλαῦκεσ, αἰγιθαλλοὶ καὶ ἀκανθυλλίδεσ· (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 4 1:1)

Related

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

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