ἀθέμιστος

athemistos

unlawful

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9106
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17363
Iliad 1
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

963

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀθέμιστος or ἀθέμιτος, ον, (the former in Poetry, the latter more correct in Prose) A. = foreg., Il. 9.63; of the Cyclopes, Od. 9.106; ἀθεμιστότεροι X. Cyr. 8.8.5. Adv. -ίστως Phaennis ap. Paus. 10.15.3; -ίτως App. Pun. 53. II. of things, unlawful, freq. in neut., ἀθέμιτα ἔρδειν Hdt. 7.33; ποιεῖν X. Mem. 1.1.9; εὔχεσθαι Id. Cyr. 1.6.6; -ιστα δρᾶν S. Fr. 742 (dub.), Din. Fr. 89.4S.; κείνοις δʼ οὐκ ἀθέμιστον IG 14.1389ii29:—ἀ. εἰδωλολατρεῖαι 1 Ep.Pet. 4.3: c. dat., αἷς [θεαῖς] ἀ. νεκρὰ σώματα PTaur. 1 ii 22 (ii B. C.).

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