ἄσπετος
Ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → Terrae, ubi versaris peregre, obsequere legibus → Als Fremder folge dem Gesetz des Gastlandes
English (LSJ)
ον, Ep. Adj.
A unspeakable, unutterable; mostly in sense of unspeakably great, ἄ. αἰθήρ, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο, ὕλη, ὕδωρ, Il.8.558, 18.403, 23.127, Od.5.101; ἀλκή Il.16.157; less freq. of number, countless, ἄσπετα πολλά Od.4.75; κρέα ἄσπετα 9.162; τρεῖτ' ἄσπετον ye tremble unspeakably, Il.17.332, cf. Q.S.11.127; φωνὴ ῥεῖ ἄσπετος flows on unceasingly, h. Ven.237; ἄσπετος αἰών endless time, Emp.16.—Chiefly Epic, but found in Lyric, ἄσπετοι μέριμναι B.18.34, and rarely in Trag., θαῦμα S.Tr.961 (lyr.); χάλαζα E.Tr.78; δρυὸς ἄ. ἔρνος Cyc. 615 (lyr.); later Prose, λείας ἄ. πλῆθος f.l. for ἄπλετον, Plb.3.92.8. (ἀ- priv. + root seq[uglide], cf. ἔννεπε, ἔσπετε (Εν-σπετε), Lat. insece.) A lengthd. form ἀάσπετος is used by Q.S.3.673, 7.193, al.
