ἀθέσφατος

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ἂν βούλησθε ἀκούειν καί μοι περιουσία ᾖ τοῦ ὕδατος → if you care to hear and if the water in the water-clock holds out, if you care to hear and if I have time enough for speaking

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Transliteration A: athésphatos Transliteration B: athesphatos Transliteration C: athesfatos Beta Code: a)qe/sfatos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A beyond even a god's power to express, unutterable: or not according to a god's utterance, unblest, portentous, awful, ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ, Il.3.4, Od.7.273, 11.373; vast, ἀ. οἶνος, σῖτος, Od.11.61, 13.244; βόες 20.211; of great beauty, ὕμνος Hes.Op.662; φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀ. Emp.134.4.—Once in Trag., ἀ. θέα E.IA232 (lyr.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀθέσφᾰτος: -ον, = ὁ ὑπερβαίνων καὶ θεοῦ δύναμιν εἰς τὸ νὰ παρασταθῇ διὰ λέξεων, ὃν ἀδύνατον εἶνε νὰ ἐκφράσῃ τις, ἀνέκφραστος, ἄρρητος, θαυμαστός· ἐπὶ τρομερῶν ἢ ἐκπληκτικῶν πραγμάτων, ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ, Ἰλ. Γ. 4, Ὀδ. Η. 273., Λ. 373· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἁπλῶς ἐπὶ μεγάλης ποσότητος ἢ διαστάσεως· ἀθ. οἶνος, σῖτος, Ὀδ. Λ. 61., Ν. 244. βόες, Υ. 211· ἐπὶ μεγάλης καλλονῆς, ὕμνος, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 660· μόνον ἅπαξ παρὰ Τραγ. ἀθ. θέα, Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 232. (λυρ.)· πρβλ. Βουττμ. Λεξίλ. ἐν λέξ. θέσκελος 7.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
que les dieux mêmes ne sauraient exprimer, càd dont on ne peut dire la grandeur, la beauté : νὺξ ἀθέσφατος nuit sans fin ; ἀθέσφατος θέα EUR spectacle admirable.
Étymologie: ἀ, θεός, φημί.