ἀθέμ-ιστος
or ἀθέμιτος, ον, (the former in Poetry, the latter more correct in Prose) = {ἀθεμίστιος}, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.63 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Cyclopes, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.106] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀθεμιστότεροι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -ίστως Phaennis cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.15.3;] Refs 2nd c.AD+] -ίτως [[2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 53. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II of things, unlawful, frequently in neuter, ἀθέμιτα ἔρδειν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.33; ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.9; εὔχεσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.6; -ιστα δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 742 (uncertain), 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator “Fragmenta - Orat.” _Attic dialect_ 89.4S.; κείνοις δ᾽ οὐκ ἀθέμιστον “IG” 14.1389ii29:— ἀ. εἰδωλολατρεῖαι NT.1Pet.4.3: with _dative_, αἷς [θεαῖς] ἀ. νεκρὰ σώματα “PTaur.” 1 ii 22 (2nd c.BC).] NT+5th c.BC+]