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ἄσπιλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσπιλος

Structure: ἀσπιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spi/los

Sense

  1. without spot, spotless

Examples

  • μῆλον ἐγὼ στρούθειον ἀπὸ προτέρησ ἔτι ποίησ ὡρ́ιον ἐν νεαρῷ χρωτὶ φυλασσόμενον, ἄσπιλον, ἀρρυτίδωτον, ἰσόχνοον ἀρτιγόνοισιν, ἀκμὴν εὐπετάλοισ συμφυὲσ ἀκρεμόσιν, ὡρ́ησ χειμερίησ σπάνιον γέρασ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2521)
  • θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντοσ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺσ καὶ χήρασ ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν, ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου. (IAKWBOU, chapter 1 30:1)

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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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