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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968
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Transliteration A: ástochos Transliteration B: astochos Transliteration C: astochos Beta Code: a)/stoxos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A missing the mark, aiming badly at, τινός Pl.Ti.19e, AP9.370 (Tib. Ill.).    2 abs., aiming amiss, random, οὐκ ἀστόχου διανοίας Arist.HA587a9; κατηγορία aimless, absurd, Plb.5.49.4; of a person, Phld.Ind.Sto.32. Adv. -χως amiss, Alex.116.14, Plb.1.74.2, Phld.Mort.33.

German (Pape)

[Seite 376] das Ziel verfehlend, nicht richtig erkennend, ἀνδρῶν, ὅσα πράττοιεν καὶ λέγοιεν Plat. Tim. 19 e; κατηγορία Pol. 5, 49; χεὶρ ἄγρης Tib. Ill. 2 (IX, 370). – Adv. ἀστόχως, z. B. ἐχρῆτο τοῖς καιροῖς Pol. 1, 74, unüberlegt, unklug.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui manque le but ; maladroit.
Étymologie: ἀ, στόχος.