ἄσωτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (σῴζω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">having no hope of safety, in desperate case</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pr.</span>962b5</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-τως, ἔχειν</b> to be [[past recovery]], Plu.2.918d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in moral sense, [[abandoned]], τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>189</span> (lyr.); [[spendthrift]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>743b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1107b12</span>, <span class="bibl">1120a1</span>, al.: Sup., <span class="bibl">D.C.67.6</span>; [[profligate]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.18.2</span>. Adv. -τως <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist. 217a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.40.58</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>15.13</span>: Comp. -ότερον <span class="bibl">D.C.62.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Act., <b class="b3">ἄσωτος γένει</b> [[bringing destruction on]] the race, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1597</span>.</span>