ἀθέσφατος
ἀθέσφᾰτος,
ον,
A). beyond even a god's power to express, unutterable: or
not according to a god's utterance, unblest, portentous, awful,
ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ,
Il. 3.4 ,
Od. 7.273 ,
11.373 ;
vast,
ἀ. οἶνος, σῖτος, Od. 11.61 ,
13.244 ;
βόες 20.211 ; of great beauty,
ὕμνος Hes. Op. 662 ;
φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀ. Emp. 134.4 .—Once in Trag.,
ἀ. θέα E. IA 232 (lyr.).
ShortDef
beyond even a god's power to express: ineffable, aweful
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀθέσφατος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αθεσφατος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-1965
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀθέσφᾰτος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beyond even a god\'s power to express, unutterable</span>: or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not according to a god\'s utterance, unblest, portentous, awful</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.273/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.273 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:373" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.373/canonical-url/"> 11.373 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vast</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. οἶνος, σῖτος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.61 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.244/canonical-url/"> 13.244 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βόες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.211/canonical-url/"> 20.211 </a> ; of great beauty, <span class="quote greek">ὕμνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:662" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:662/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 662 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:134:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:134.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 134.4 </a> .—Once in Trag., <span class="quote greek">ἀ. θέα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:232" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:232/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 232 </a> (lyr.).</div> </div><br><br>'}