ἄλαστος,ον, (cf.ἄληστος): (ἀ-priv.,λαθεῖν, λήθομαι): —
A. 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. asAdv.,ἄλαστον ὀδύρομαιI wailinconsolably, Od. 14.174 , cf. B. 3.34 .
2. of persons, as in Il. 22.261 , where Achilles calls Hectorἄλαστε thou whom I will never forget nor forgive!; accursed wretch, S. OC 1482 ;πατρὸς . . ἄ. αἷμαib. 1672 , cf. Mim. Oxy. 413.60 .—Poet. and late Prose, Dempoh. Sent. 13 : used by Trag. only in lyr.