Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄψαυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄψαυστος ἄψαυστη ἄψαυστον

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

Etym.: yau/w

Sense

  1. untouched, not to be touched, sacred
  2. not touching

Examples

  • τῶν τε ἀψαύστων ἐκίνει χρημάτων, ἅ φασιν ἐπὶ Κελτοῖσ πάλαι σὺν ἀρᾷ δημοσίᾳ τεθῆναι, μὴ σαλεύειν ἐσ μηδέν, εἰ μὴ Κελτικὸσ πόλεμοσ ἐπίοι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 6 4:3)
  • τίσ τῶν ἀψαύστων καὶ ἐπαράτων ἐκίνει χρημάτων καὶ ἑτέρῳ δημάρχῳ κωλύοντι θάνατον ἠπείλει; (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 19 3:12)

Synonyms

  1. untouched

  2. not touching

Related

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

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