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ἀθέσφατος
ἀθέσφατος -ον [app. ἀ-1 + θέσφατος.] Thus, not suited to the utterance of a (beneficent) god; hence, portentous, terrible, terrifying: ὄμβρον Il. 3.4, Il. 10.6: ὤρινε θάλασσαν ἀθέσφατον (so that it became . . . ) Od. 7.273. Of winter nights, endless Od. 11.373, Od. 15.392. Unlimited in amount: σῖτος Od. 13.244.– In number Od. 20.211. Excessive in amount: οἶνος Od. 11.61.

ShortDef

beyond even a god's power to express: ineffable, aweful

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Headword:
ἀθέσφατος
Headword (normalized):
ἀθέσφατος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αθεσφατος
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ἀθέσφατος -ον [app. ἀ-1 + θέσφατος.] Thus, not suited to the utterance of a (beneficent) god; hence, portentous, terrible, terrifying: ὄμβρον Il. 3.4, Il. 10.6: ὤρινε θάλασσαν ἀθέσφατον (so that it became . . . ) Od. 7.273. Of winter nights, endless Od. 11.373, Od. 15.392. Unlimited in amount: σῖτος Od. 13.244.– In number Od. 20.211. Excessive in amount: οἶνος Od. 11.61.
IDX:
199
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:cunliffe_lex-n199
Key:
a)qe/sfatos

Senses and Citations (From Data)

Citations (From Models)

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{'quote': '', 'ref': 'Od. 11.373,', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.373'}
{'quote': '', 'ref': 'Od. 15.392.', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.392'}
{'quote': '', 'ref': 'Od. 20.211.', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.211'}
{'quote': 'ὄμβρον', 'ref': 'Il. 3.4', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.4'}
{'quote': 'ὤρινε θάλασσαν ἀθέσφατον', 'ref': 'Od. 7.273', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.273'}
{'quote': 'σῖτος', 'ref': 'Od. 13.244', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.244'}
{'quote': 'οἶνος', 'ref': 'Od. 11.61', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.61'}

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