- ἀάᾶτος
- ἀ-άᾶτος (ἀϝάω): of doubtful meaning. —(1) inviolable (if α privative), νυν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀάᾶτον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, Il. 14.271; cf. Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, 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 Ξ instead of (1), representing the Styx as baleful to him who swears falsely in its name.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.