ἄλαστε

ἄλᾱστε, ἄλαστος

not to be forgotten. insufferable: masc /fem voc sg

ἄλᾱστε, ἄλαστος

not to be forgotten. insufferable: masc /fem voc sg

βάσκω (akin to βαίνω), only imper., βάσκ' ἴθι

A speed thee! away! II.2.8, etc.;

βάσκετ', ἐπείγετε Ar.Th. 783

; but

βάσκε

come!

A.Pers. 663

, 671 (both lyr.);

βάσκ', ἄλαστε Mim. Oxy.413.60

. (βάσκου· πορεύου is prob. f.l. in Hsch.).

ἄλαστος, ον, (cf. ἄληστος): (ἀ- priv., λαθεῖν, λήθομαι): —

A 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

: [comp] Sup.

-ότατον, πῆμα IG12

(5). 64 ([place name] Naxos); neut. as Adv., ἄλαστον ὀδύρομαι I wail inconsolably, Od.14.174, cf. B.3.34.

2 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, Dempoh.Sent. 13: used by Trag. only in lyr.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: Meaning of this and related words very difficult; see DELG. As adj. of πένθος, ἄχος `insufferable'?; also as vocative, `accursed'? ( ἄλαστε, e. g. Χ 261).

Other forms: Original noun ἀλάστωρ `avenging spirit' or `he who does deeds which merit vengeance', either from ἀλαστέω or directly from ἄλαστος; attribute of gods, but also of men; in Homer proper name.

Derivatives: Denomin. verb ἀλαστέω (Hom.), ἐπαλαστήσας (α 252), `be full of wrath'?, `be distraught'? Also ἀλασταίνω δυσπαθέω H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unknown. One connects λανθάνομαι: *`who cannot forget or be forgotten'. Frisk correctly considers it formally impeccable, but as to the meaning very hypothetical; DELG accepts it. - Muller's explanation (Don. nat. Schrijnen 649ff., Mnemos. 57, 116ff.): to λάω `see' with ἀ- from *n̥-, zero grade of ἐν ("invisus, invisor, qui invidendo nocet") is also unconvincing; the last point is without parallel, the whole artificial.

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