ἀσφάδαστος
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English (LSJ)
[φᾰ], ον,
A without convulsion or struggle, esp. in dying, A.Ag.1293, S.Aj.833 (fort. -ᾳστος).
German (Pape)
[Seite 381] nicht zuckend, Aesch. Ag. 1266; καὶ ταχὺ πέσημα, vom schnellen Tode, Soph. Ai. 820, Schol. ἀσκάριστον, σπασμὸν μὴ ἔχον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀσφάδαστος: [ᾰδ], ον, ἄνευ σπασμῶν ἢ ἀγωνίας, κυρίως ἐπὶ ἀποθνήσκοντος, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1293, Σοφ. Αἴ. 833. ― Ἐπίρρ. ἀσφαδάστως, ἄνευ σφαδασμοῦ· ― πρβλ. σφαδάζω.
