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ἄσκοπος

ἄσκοπος, inconsiderate, heedless

ἄσκοπος2, aimless, random

ἄσκοπος (A), ον, (σκοπέω)
  • inconsiderate, heedless, Il. 24.157, Timo 5, etc.; ὄμμα Parm. 1.35; ἄσκοποί τινος unregardful of . ., A. Ag. 462 (lyr.). Adv. -πως heedlessly, Babr. 95.39.
    • II Pass., not to be seen, invisible, πλάκες ἄ., of the nether world, S. OC 1682 (lyr.), cf. E. Hyps.Fr. 57.21 (lyr.).
      • 2 not to be understood, unintelligible, ἔπος A. Ch. 816 (lyr.), cf. S. Ph. 1111 (lyr.); πρᾶγος Id. Aj. 21; ἄ. χρόνος unknown time, Id. Tr. 246; unimaginable, ἄ. ἁ λώβα Id. El. 864 (lyr.); bewildering, strange, ἤργασαι δέ μʼ ἄσκοπα ib. 1315.
      • 3 = ἄσκεπτος, unconsidered, Gal. 7.432.
ἄσκοπος (B), ον, (σκοπός)
  • aimless, βέλος D.H. 8.86; κίνησις Phlp. in Ph. 846.25; ἄσκοπα τοξεύειν Luc. Tox. 62. Adv. -πως, εἰκῇ καὶ ἀ. χρήσασθαι τοῖς πράγμασιν Plb. 4.14.6; πλανώμενος ἀ. Plu. Dio 49; ἀ. λόγους ῥίπτειν Longus 4.31, cf. Ath.Mech. 3.9, Cleom. 2.4, Phlp. in Ph. 902.19; οὐκ ἀ. εἰκάζειν J. AJ 2.2.3, cf. Gal. 18(1).768, Alex.Aphr. Pr.Anecd. I.

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