ἀτασθαλία

atasthalia

presumptuous sin, recklessness, wickedness

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 1 2
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17
134
Book 10 1
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10437
Book 12 1
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12300
Book 21 1
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21146
Book 22 2
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22317
22416
Book 23 1
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2367
Book 24 1
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24458
Iliad 2
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Book 4 1
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4409
Book 22 1
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22104

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτασθαλία [ᾰτ], Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. presumptuous sin, recklessness, wickedness, Hom., always in pl.; σφετέρῃσιν or σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν, Il. 4.409, Od. 1.34, al.; ἀτασθαλίαι δέ οἱ οἴῳ ἐχθραὶ ἔσαν 21.146; διʼ ἀτασθαλίας ἔπαθον κακόν 23.67; ἀτασθαλίῃσι κακῇσιν 12.300:—after Hom. in sg., ἀτασθαλίῃ μέγα ῥέξαι, of the Titans, Hes. Th. 209; εἵνεκʼ ἀτασθαλίης τε καὶ ἠνορέης ὑπερόπλου ib.516; βασιλῆος ἀ. Pi. Parth. 2 Fr. 1.31; οὐκ ἤρθη νοῦν ἐς ἀτασθαλίην Simon. 111.4; ἀτασθαλίῃ χρησάμενον Hdt. 2.111: in later Prose, Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a9, Luc. Astr. 15; ἀ. ἡ εἰς τὸ θεῖον Arr. An. 7.14.5; of an elephant, Id. Ind. 13.13.

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