Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσπερμος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσπερμος

Etym.: spe/rma

Sense

  1. without seed or posterity

Examples

  • μόριμον δέ οἵ ἐστ’ ἀλέασθαι, ὄφρα μὴ ἄσπερμοσ γενεὴ καὶ ἄφαντοσ ὄληται Δαρδάνου, ὃν Κρονίδησ περὶ πάντων φίλατο παίδων οἳ ἕθεν ἐξεγένοντο γυναικῶν τε θνητάων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 26:14)

Synonyms

  1. without seed or posterity

Similar forms

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

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