ἀτάσθαλος
ᾗ μήτε χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει → content neither with cloak nor rug, be never satisfied, can't get no satisfaction, be hard to please
English (LSJ)
[ᾰτ], ον,
A reckless, presumptuous, wicked, of men, ἀνέρα . . ἀ. ὀβριμοεργόν Il.22.418; ἀ. ἀνδρὶ ἔοικας Od.8.166, etc.; so in Hdt., ἄνδρα ἀνόσιόν τε καὶ ἀ. 8.109; ἀνὴρ δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 9.116, cf. Him.Ecl.13.28, al. 2 of men's acts, words, etc., Τρωσὶν τῶν μένος αἰὲν ἀ. Il.13.634; λίην γὰρ ἀ. ὕβριν ἔχουσιν Od.16.86; ἄνδρες δραῖσιν ἀτάσθαλα Alc.Supp.27.11; λέγειν βάρβαρά τε καὶ ἀ. Hdt.7.35; ἔρδειν πολλὰ καὶ ἀ. Id.3.80; πρῆγμα ἀ. ποιήσαντες ib.49; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἔρεξας Theoc.22.131.—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. word, used for comic effect by Strato Com.1.38; also in later Prose, Luc.Cont.3, Arr.An.6.27.4, etc.—In EM261.56 also ἀτασθάλεος, ον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 384] (ἄτη), aus Unbesonnenheit od. Uebermuth frevelhaft, ausgelassen, wild, ἀνήρ Od. 8, 166; ὕβρις 16, 86; μένος Il. 13, 634; ἀτάσθαλα μηχανάασθαι Od. 16, 93; sp. D., wie Theocr. 22, 131; Opp. Hal. 3, 491. Selten in Prosa, Her. 3, 49. 9, 116; Arr. An. 6, 27, 9. 7, 1, 9.
