Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄστακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστακτος ἄστακτη ἄστακτον

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

Etym.: sta/zw

Sense

  1. not in drops, gushing

Examples

  • φέρε <δ’ αὐτά> νιν ἀπὸ δειράδοσ εἰναλίασ, λοχεῖα κλεινὰ λιποῦσα μά‐ τηρ, τὰν ἀστάκτων ὑδάτων βακχεύουσαν Διονύ‐ σῳ Παρνάσιον κορυφάν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. not in drops

Derived

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

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