ἀτάσθαλος
τὰ δὲ πεπερασμένα πεπερασμενάκις ἀνάγκη πεπεράνθαι πάντα → and the product of a finite number of things taken in a finite number of ways must always be finite
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.
