ἄσχετος

aschetos

not to be checked, ungovernable

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 2 2
Chapter ?

285
2303
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3104
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17406
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2019
Iliad 3
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5892
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16549
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24708

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄσχετος, Ep. also ἀάσχετος, ον, (σχεῖν) A. not to be checked, ungovernable, πένθος ἄσχετον οὐκ ἐπιεικτόν Il. 16.549; ἀάσχετον ἵκετο πένθος 24.708; μένος ἄσχετοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν resistless in might, Od. 3.104; μητρός τοι μένος ἐστὶν ἀάσχετον οὐδʼ ἐπιεικτόν Il. 5.892; κάκον ἄ. Alc. 92; ὕβρις Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7.6: in later Prose, ἄ. δίψος Luc. Dips. 9; ἄ. ὁρμή Aret. SA 2.12; of a person, ungovernable, unmanageable, γυνή PMag.Par. 1.2071, cf. PMag.Lond. 121.593. Adv. -τως Pl. Cra. 415d: neut. ἄσχετον, -τα, as Adv., A.R. 4.1738,1087. 2. not held together, Phlp. in Ph. 533.4. 3. unrelated, πρός τι Anon. in Prm. (Rh.Mus.47.605), cf. Jul. Or. 5.163b, Dam. Pr. 3, al., Procl. in Cra.p.57 P., al.; ἄ. σχέσις Ps.-Alex.Aphr.in SE 152.24; unqualified, ὕλη Dex.in Cat. 51.21. Adv. -τως Procl. Inst. 122, in Cra.p.70 P.

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