Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσπετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσπετος ἄσπετη ἄσπετον

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

Etym.: ei)pei=n

Sense

  1. unspeakable, unutterable, unspeakably great, unspeakably

Examples

  • Τρῶεσ δὲ προὔτυψαν ἀολλέεσ, ἦρχε δ’ ἄρ’ Ἕκτωρ ἀντικρὺ μεμαώσ, ὀλοοίτροχοσ ὣσ ἀπὸ πέτρησ, ὅν τε κατὰ στεφάνησ ποταμὸσ χειμάρροοσ ὤσῃ ῥήξασ ἀσπέτῳ ὄμβρῳ ἀναιδέοσ ἔχματα πέτρησ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. unspeakable

Related

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

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