ἄπαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, un-) + πατέομαι (patéomai, to eat) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

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Adjective

ᾰ̓́πᾰστος • (ápastos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́πᾰστον); second declension

  1. unfed, fasting
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.345–346:
      οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι / οἴχονται μετὰ δεῖπνον, ὃ δ’ ἄκμηνος καὶ ἄπαστος.
      hoì dè dḕ álloi / oíkhontai metà deîpnon, hò d’ ákmēnos kaì ápastos.
      The others / have now dispersed after dinner, but he is untended and unfed.

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