Ἄσκοπον

unimaginable

Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Mar 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

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Meaning unexpected.¹
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/skopos lw/bh ["unimaginable outrage"], [meaning one] never seen before, that is, death.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄσκοπον· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπροσδόκητον. καὶ Ἄσκοπος λώβη, ἀπροόρατος, τουτέστιν ὁ θάνατος.

Betacode

*)/askopon: a)nti\ tou= a)prosdo/khton. kai\ *)/askopos lw/bh, a)proo/ratos, toute/stin o( qa/natos.