Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄστοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστοχος

Structure: ἀστοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. missing the mark, aiming badly at

Examples

  • ν, οὐκ ἀστόχωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 31 3:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ τοῖσ καιροῖσ ἀστόχωσ ἐχρῆτο καὶ τοῖσ ὅλοισ πράγμασιν ἀπείρωσ καὶ νωθρῶσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 74 2:2)

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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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