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ἄλαστος

alastos

insufferable

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1. ἄλαστος · alastos — Beekes

ἄλαστος [adj.] uncertain mg. (also of related words), see DELG. Perhaps ‘insufferable’, as an epithet of πένθος and dyoc? Perhaps ‘accursed’ as a vocative (ἄλαστε, e.g. X 261)? «ἴ» *DER Original noun ἀλάστωρ ‘avenging spirit’ or “he who does deeds which merit vengeance’, either from ἀλαστέω or directly from ἄλαστος; attributively of gods, but also of men; a PN in Hom. Also ἀλάστορος (A., S.); derivative ἀλαστορία … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄλαστος, p. 108]

2. ἄλαστος · alastos — Frisk

ἄλαστος ep. und poet. Beiwort von πένϑος, ἄχος, auch als herabsotzende Anrede (ἄλαστε, z.B. X 261) gebraucht. Denominatives Verb ἀλαστέω (Hom., Kall. u.a.), ἐπαλαστήσας (a 252, A.R.), Bezeichnung einer Gemütserregung. Außerdem ἀλασταίνω" δυαπαϑέω H.; EM. — Ursprüngliches Nomen agentis ἀλάστωρ, vgl. ἀνάκτωρ, δυνάστωρ, κτίστωρ usw., entweder von ἀλαστέω oder direkt von ἄλαστος gebildet (vgl. Schwyzer 631: 1), hom. EN, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄλαστος, p. 94]

3. ἄλαστος · alastos — Frisk

ἄλαστος. Ausführlich über ἀλάστωρ, ἄλαστος, ἀλαστέω Chantr. mit Empfehlung der Anknüpfung an λανϑάνειν, λαϑεῖν. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄλαστος, p. 2151]

4. ἄλαστος · alastos — LSJ

not to be forgotten, insufferable, inconsolably

not to be forgotten, insufferable, πένθος, ἄχος, Il. 24.105, Od. 4.108, Hes. Th. 467, cf. Alcm. 23, A. Pers. 990; ἔπαθον ἄλαστα S. OC 538: Sup. -ότατον, πῆμα IG 12 (5). 64 (Naxos); neut. as Adv., ἄλαστον ὀδύρομαι I wail inconsolably, Od. 14.174, cf. B. 3.34.

2 thou whom I will never forget nor forgive!; accursed wretch

of persons, as in Il. 22.261, where Achilles calls Hector ἄλαστε thou whom I will never forget nor forgive!; accursed wretch, S. OC 1482; πατρὸς . . ἄ. αἷμα ib. 1672, cf. Mim. Oxy. 413.60.—Poet. and late Prose, Demoph. Sent. 13: used by Trag. only in lyr.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄλαστος (scan pp. 108-109; entry #339).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄλαστος (scan pp. 94-95; entry #324).

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