α4214Ἀσπονδεί
without libation, without a truce
[sc. An adverb meaning] without friendship, or without sacrifice. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/spondoi e)xqroi/ ["implacable enemies"], [meaning] irreconcilable ones. Thucydides [writes]: "they restored the…
Ἀσπονδεί· ἄνευ φιλίας, ἢ χωρὶς θυσίας. καὶ Ἄσπονδοι ἐχθροί, ἀδιάλλακτοι. Θουκυδίδης· οἱ δὲ τοὺς νεκροὺς ἀσπόνδους ἀπέδοσαν. ὅτι ἀστόργους τοὺς ἀπηνεῖς καὶ ἀφίλους φασίν, ἀσπόνδους…
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