ἀθέσφᾰτος,ον,
A. beyond even a god's power to express, unutterable: ornot according to a god's utterance, unblest, portentous, awful,ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ, Il. 3.4 , Od. 7.273 , 11.373 ;vast,ἀ. οἶνος, σῖτος,
Od. 11.61 , 13.244 ; βόες
20.211
; of great beauty, ὕμνος
Hes. Op. 662
; φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀ.
Emp. 134.4
.—Once in Trag., ἀ. θέα
E. IA 232
(lyr.).