Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀσπουδί

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσπουδί

Etym.: spoudh/

Sense

  1. without zeal, without a struggle, ignobly

Examples

  • μὴ μὰν ἀσπουδί γε νεῶν ἐπιβαῖεν ἕκηλοι, ἀλλ’ ὥσ τισ τούτων γε βέλοσ καὶ οἴκοθι πέσσῃ βλήμενοσ ἢ ἰῷ ἢ ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι νηὸσ ἐπιθρῴσκων, ἵνα τισ στυγέῃσι καὶ ἄλλοσ Τρωσὶν ἐφ’ ἱπποδάμοισι φέρειν πολύδακρυν Ἄρηα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 52:1)
  • μὴ μὰν ἀσπουδί γε δαμασσάμενοί περ ἕλοιεν νῆασ ἐϋσσέλμουσ, ἀλλὰ μνησώμεθα χάρμησ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 50:4)
  • μὴ μὰν ἀσπουδί γε καὶ ἀκλειῶσ ἀπολοίμην, ἀλλὰ μέγα ῥέξασ τι καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 27:14)

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

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