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ἄσπετος
ἄσπετος, ον, Ep. Adj.

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unspeakable, unutterable, unspeakably great

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Headword:
ἄσπετος
Headword (normalized):
ἄσπετος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ασπετος
Intro Text:
ἄσπετος, ον, Ep. Adj.
IDX:
16484
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n16370
Key:
a)/spetos

Senses and Citations (From Data)

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Children (1)
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unspeakable, unutterable; mostly in sense of unspeakably great, ἄ. αἰθήρ, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο, ὕλη, ὕδωρ, Il. 8.558, 18.403, 23.127, Od. 5.101; ἀλκή Il. 16.157; less freq. of number, countless, ἄσπετα πολλά Od. 4.75; κρέα ἄσπετα 9.162; τρεῖτʼ ἄσπετον ye tremble unspeakably, Il. 17.332, cf. Q.S. 11.127; φωνὴ ῥεῖ ἄσπετος flows on unceasingly, h.Ven. 237; ἄσπετος αἰών endless time, Emp. 16.—Chiefly Epic, but found in Lyric, ἄσπετοι μέριμναι B. 18.34, and rarely in Trag., θαῦμα S. Tr. 961 (lyr.); χάλαζα E. Tr. 78; δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος Cyc. 615 (lyr.); later Prose, λείας ἄ. πλῆθος f.l. for ἄπλετον, Plb. 3.92.8. ( ἀ- priv. + root seqṷ, cf. ἔννεπε, ἔσπετε ( *ἐν-σπετε), Lat. insece.) A lengthd. form ἀάσπετος is used by Q.S. 3.673, 7.193, al.
Citations (7)
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Il. 16.157
ἀλκή
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Od. 4.75
ἄσπετα πολλά
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9.162
κρέα ἄσπετα
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B. 18.34
ἄσπετοι μέριμναι
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S. Tr. 961
θαῦμα
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E. Tr. 78
χάλαζα
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Cyc. 615
δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος
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Citations (From Models)

{'quote': 'ἀλκή', 'ref': 'Il. 16.157', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.157'}
{'quote': 'ἄσπετα πολλά', 'ref': 'Od. 4.75', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.75'}
{'quote': 'κρέα ἄσπετα', 'ref': '9.162', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.162'}
{'quote': 'ἄσπετοι μέριμναι', 'ref': 'B. 18.34', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.34'}
{'quote': 'θαῦμα', 'ref': 'S. Tr. 961', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:961'}
{'quote': 'χάλαζα', 'ref': 'E. Tr. 78', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:78'}
{'quote': 'δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος', 'ref': 'Cyc. 615', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc2:615'}

Data

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          "definition": "<i>unspeakable, unutterable</i>; mostly in sense of <i>unspeakably great,</i> ἄ. αἰθήρ, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο, ὕλη, ὕδωρ, Il. 8.558, 18.403, 23.127, Od. 5.101; ἀλκή Il. 16.157; less freq. of number, <i>countless,</i> ἄσπετα πολλά Od. 4.75; κρέα ἄσπετα 9.162; τρεῖτʼ ἄσπετον ye tremble <i>unspeakably,</i> Il. 17.332, cf. Q.S. 11.127; φωνὴ ῥεῖ ἄσπετος flows on <i>unceasingly,</i> h.Ven. 237; ἄσπετος αἰών <i>endless</i> time, Emp. 16.—Chiefly Epic, but found in Lyric, ἄσπετοι μέριμναι B. 18.34, and rarely in Trag., θαῦμα S. Tr. 961 (lyr.); χάλαζα E. Tr. 78; δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος Cyc. 615 (lyr.); later Prose, λείας ἄ. πλῆθος f.l. for ἄπλετον, Plb. 3.92.8. ( ἀ- priv. + root seqṷ, cf. ἔννεπε, ἔσπετε ( *ἐν-σπετε), Lat. insece.) A lengthd. form ἀάσπετος is used by Q.S. 3.673, 7.193, al.",
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