ἄσκοπος
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
(A), ον, (σκοπέω)
A inconsiderate, heedless, Il.24.157, Timo 5, etc.; ὄμμα Parm.1.35; ἄσκοποί τινος unregardful of... A.Ag.462 (lyr.). Adv. -πως heedlessly, Babr.95.39. II Pass., not to be seen, invisible, πλάκες ἄ., of the nether world, S.OC1682 (lyr.), cf. E.Hyps.Fr.57.21 (lyr.). 2 not to be understood, unintelligible, ἔπος A.Ch.816 (lyr.), cf. S.Ph.IIII (lyr.); πρᾶγος Id.Aj.21; ἄ. χρόνος unknown time, Id.Tr.246; unimaginable, ἄ. ἁ λώβα Id.El.864 (lyr.); bewildering, strange, ἤργασαι δέ μ' ἄσκοπα ib.1315. 3 = ἄσκεπτος, unconsidered, Gal.7.432.
ἄσκοπος (B), ον, (σκοπός)
A aimless, βέλος D.H.8.86; κίνησις Phlp. in Ph.846.25; ἄσκοπα τοξεύειν Luc.Tox.62. Adv. -πως, εἰκῇ καὶ ἀ. χρήσασθαι τοῖς πράγμασιν Plb.4.14.6; πλανώμενος ἀ. Plu.Dio49; ἀ. λόγους ῥίπτειν Longus 4.31, cf. Ath.Mech.3.9, Cleom.2.4, Phlp.in Ph.902.19; οὐκ ἀ. εἰκάζειν J.AJ2.2.3, cf. Gal.18(1).768, Alex.Aphr. Pr.Anecd.I.
German (Pape)
[Seite 371] 1) unvorsichtig, unbedachtsam, Il. 24, 157. 186; οὐκ ἄσκ. θεοὶ τῶν πολυκτόνων Aesch. Ag. 449, d. i. wohl beachtend. – 2) ungesehen, πλάκες Soph. O. C. 1680; unvorhergesehen, unbegreiflich, πρᾶγος, λώβα Ai. 21 Phil. 1111 El. 864; dunkel, ἔπος Aesch. Ch. 803. – 3) (σκόπος), ohne Ziel, unendlich, χρόνος Soph. Tr. 246; ἄσκοπα τοξεύειν, das Ziel nicht erreichen, Luc. Tox. 62; βέλος Dion. Hal. 8, 86.
