ἀ-α?α_τος (ἀϝάω): of doubtful meaning. —(1)
inviolable (if α
privative), νυν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀα?α_τον Στυγὸς
υ?δωρ, Il. 14.271; cf.
Στυγὸς υ?δωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος
| ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει
μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν, Il.
15.37 f.—(2) baleful (if α copulative), or mad, of the
suitors' contest with the bow, Od.
21.81 (echoed by Odysseus, Od.
22.5). —Signif. (2) may be assumed in Il. 14 instead of (1), representing the Styx
as baleful to him who swears falsely in its name.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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