ἄσπετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.pe.tos/ → /ˈas.pe.tos/ → /ˈas.pe.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.pe.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/

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 áspeta
Genitive		ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo	ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo		ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin	ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin		ἀσπέτων aspétōn	ἀσπέτων aspétōn
Dative		ἀσπέτῳ aspétōi	ἀσπέτῳ aspétōi		ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin	ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin		ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις aspétoisi(n) / aspétois	ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις aspétoisi(n) / aspétois
Accusative		ἄσπετον áspeton	ἄσπετον áspeton		ἀσπέτω aspétō	ἀσπέτω aspétō		ἀσπέτους aspétous	ἄσπετᾰ áspeta
Vocative		ἄσπετε áspete	ἄσπετον áspeton		ἀσπέτω aspétō	ἀσπέτω aspétō		ἄσπετοι áspetoi	ἄσπετᾰ áspeta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσπέτως aspétōs			ἀσπετώτερος aspetṓteros			ἀσπετώτᾰτος aspetṓtatos
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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • vast idem, page 945.