- ἄσπετος
- ἄ-σπετος (root σεπ, ἔσπετε): unspeakable, inexpressible, with regard to size, numbers, or quality; hence, immense, endless; ὕλη, αἰθήρ, δῶρα, etc.; ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ | ἄσπετον, ‘vast as it is,’ Od. 5.101; in ἄσπετον οὖδας the epith. is regularly due to the pathos of the situation, Il. 19.61, Od. 13.395, etc.; κλαγγὴ συῶν, ‘prodigious squealing,’ Od. 14.412; adv., τρεῖτ' ἄσπετον, Il. 17.332.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.