ἀτάσθαλος
atasthalos
reckless, presumptuous, wicked
Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀτάσθαλος [ᾰτ], ον, A. reckless, presumptuous, wicked, of men, ἀνέρα . . ἀ. ὀβριμοεργόν Il. 22.418; ἀ. ἀνδρὶ ἔοικας Od. 8.166, etc.; so in , ἄνδρα ἀνόσιόν τε καὶ ἀ. 8.109; ἀνὴρ δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 9.116, cf. Ecl. 13.28, al. 2. of menʼs acts, words, etc., Τρωσὶν τῶν μένος αἰὲν ἀ. Il. 13.634; λίην γὰρ ἀ. ὕβριν ἔχουσιν Od. 16.86; ἄνδρες δραῖσιν ἀτάσθαλα Supp. 27.11; λέγειν βάρβαρά τε καὶ ἀ. 7.35; ἔρδειν πολλὰ καὶ ἀ. 3.80; πρῆγμα ἀ. ποιήσαντες ib.49; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἔρεξας 22.131.—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. word, used for comic effect by 1.38; also in later Prose, Cont. 3, An. 6.27.4, etc.—In EM 261.56 also ἀτασθάλεος, ον.
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