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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

  • ὥστ’ εἰ μέλλοιμεν ἀσπείστωσ πρὸσ τὸ δημοτικὸν ἔχειν, ἀπαλλακτέον ἡμῖν καὶ ταῦτα τὰ σώματα ἐκποδών, τὰ μὲν ὡσ ἄχρηστα εἰσ πολιορκίαν ἐσόμενα, τὰ δ’ ὡσ οὐ διαμενοῦντα βεβαίωσ φίλα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 51 5:2)

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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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