ἄλαστος

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

• 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: Sup. -ότατον, πῆμα IG 12 (5). 64 (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, Demoph. Sent. 13: used by Trag. only in lyr.

ἄλαστος, (Ion. = ἄληστος ; λανθάνω), nicht zu vergessen, nicht zu verschmerzen, stets an sich erinnernd, quälend, Hom. sechsmal, πένθος ἄλαστον Il. 24.105, Od. 1.342, ἄλαστον πένθος Od. 24.423, ἄχος αἰὲν ἄλαστον Od. 4.108, ἄλαστον ὀδύρομαι Od. 14.174, μή μοι, ἄλαστε, συνημοσύνας ἀγόρευε, du, dem ich es nie vergessen will, Il. 22.261 ; – Hes. Th. 467 πένθος ; Aesch. πρόκακα Pers. 950 ; Eur. Troad. 1231 übh. elend, fluchbeladen, wie ἀλάστωρ ; Soph. ἀνήρ O.C. 1480, πατρὸς ἔμφυτον αἷμα 1668 ; ἄλαστα παθεῖν, unerträglich leiden, 543.

ἄλαστος

[prob. ἀ-1 + λαθ-, λανθάνω.]

Thus

• • 1

    Unforgettable, that never leaves one: πένθος Il. 24.105: Od. 1.342, Od. 24.423, ἄχος Od. 4.108.

    In neut. ἄλαστον as adv., of mourning, without power of forgetting, unceasingly: ὀδύρομαι Od. 14.174.

  • 2

    Applied to a person (app. by transference of the epithet from acts to the agent), doer of deeds not to be forgotten, wretch: Ἕκτορ, ἄλαστε Il. 22.261.

ἄλαστος , ον (λαθέσθαι): never to be forgotten, ‘ceaseless;’ ἄλος, πένθος, ἄλαστον ὀδύρομαι, ἄλαστε, ‘eternal foe,’ Il. 22.261.

ἄλαστος λήθομαι

• • • 1not to be forgotten, insufferable, unceasing, πένθος, ἄχος Hom.: neut. as adv., incessantly, Od.
    • 2of persons, ἄλαστε accursed wretch! Il., Soph.