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ἄζωστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄζωστος ἄζωστη ἄζωστον

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

Etym.: zw/nnumi

Sense

  1. ungirt

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἰδίωσ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐπεχωρίασεν φορεῖν ἀνθινοὺσ χιτῶνασ, οὓσ ἐζώννυντο μίτραισ πολυτελέσιν, καὶ ἐκαλοῦντο διὰ τοῦτο ὑπὸ τῶν περιοίκων μιτροχίτωνεσ, ἐπεὶ Ὅμηροσ τοὺσ ἀζώστουσ ἀμιτροχίτωνασ καλεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:34)

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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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