ἄσπετος
ἄσπετος,
ον, Ep. Adj.
A). 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 ;
τρεῖτ’ 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
seq[uglide], cf.
ἔννεπε, ἔσπετε (
Ἐν-σπετε), Lat.
insece.) A lengthd. form
ἀάσπετος is used by
Q.S. 3.673 ,
7.193 , al.
ShortDef
unspeakable, unutterable, unspeakably great
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄσπετος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ασπετος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-16371
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄσπετος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, Ep. Adj. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unspeakable, unutterable</span>; mostly in sense of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unspeakably great,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. αἰθήρ, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο, ὕλη, ὕδωρ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:558" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.558/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.558 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.403/canonical-url/"> 18.403 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.127/canonical-url/"> 23.127 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.101 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀλκή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.157 </a> ; less freq. of number, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">countless,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἄσπετα πολλά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.75 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κρέα ἄσπετα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.162/canonical-url/"> 9.162 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τρεῖτ’ ἄσπετον</span> ye tremble <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unspeakably,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.332 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 11.127 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φωνὴ ῥεῖ ἄσπετος</span> flows on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unceasingly, h. Ven.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:237" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:237/canonical-url/"> 237 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄσπετος αἰών</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">endless</span> time, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 16 </a>.—Chiefly Epic, but found in Lyric, <span class="quote greek">ἄσπετοι μέριμναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:18:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:18.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 18.34 </a> , and rarely in Trag., <span class="quote greek">θαῦμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:961" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:961/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 961 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">χάλαζα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 78 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:615" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:615/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 615 </a> (lyr.); later Prose, <span class="foreign greek">λείας ἄ. πλῆθος</span> f.l. for <span class="ref greek">ἄπλετον</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:92:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:92:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.92.8 </a>.(<span class="foreign greek">ἀ-</span> priv. + root <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seq[uglide],</span> cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔννεπε, ἔσπετε </span>(<span class="etym greek">Ἐν-σπετε</span>), Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">insece.</span>) A lengthd. form <span class="orth greek">ἀάσπετος</span> is used by <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.673/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 3.673 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.193/canonical-url/"> 7.193 </a>, al.</div> </div><br><br>'}