ἄσπετος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-skʷ-e-tos, from *n̥- (“un-”) (ἀ- (a-)) + *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἄσπετος • (áspetos) m or f (neuter ἄσπετον); second declension (Epic)

  1. inexpressible
  2. (especially) inexpressibly great, vast
  3. indescribable (of a sound or sight)
  4. (of the charging of the Titans, a noise) unspeakable, terrible
  5. impossible to tell of (w. respect to magnitude); (of the aither, a body of water, forest, the ground) unspeakably great, immeasurable (of a wooden stake, pig's belly, of a journey, of a tumult)
  6. (of a breeze) exceptionally strong
  7. impossible to tell of (w. respect to quantity); (of animals, riches, gifts, cares) countless (of an army) immense (of smoke, rainfall, hail, sweat, gore)
  8. abundant (of meat, money, a harvest, foliage, liquid)
  9. (of panting) heavy
  10. impossible to tell of (w. respect to duration);(of a person's voice) endless (of a period of time)

Declension

Second declension of ἄσπετος; ἄσπετον (Epic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative ἄσπετος
áspetos 		ἄσπετον
áspeton 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἄσπετοι
áspetoi 		ἄσπετᾰ
áspetă
Genitive ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο
aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo 		ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο
aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo 		ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiĭn 		ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiĭn 		ἀσπέτων
aspétōn 		ἀσπέτων
aspétōn
Dative ἀσπέτῳ
aspétōi 		ἀσπέτῳ
aspétōi 		ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiĭn 		ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiĭn 		ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις
aspétoisĭ(n) / aspétois 		ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις
aspétoisĭ(n) / aspétois
Accusative ἄσπετον
áspeton 		ἄσπετον
áspeton 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἀσπέτους
aspétous 		ἄσπετᾰ
áspetă
Vocative ἄσπετε
áspete 		ἄσπετον
áspeton 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἀσπέτω
aspétō 		ἄσπετοι
áspetoi 		ἄσπετᾰ
áspetă
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
ἀσπέτως
aspétōs 		ἀσπετώτερος
aspetṓteros 		ἀσπετώτᾰτος
aspetṓtătos
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

  • “ἄσπετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἄσπετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἄσπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • vast idem, page 945.
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