COMPOUND: ἄσβεστος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘unquenchable, inextinguishable’ 
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + verbal root σβεσ- (σβέννυμι) ‘quench, put out’ + verb. adj. suf. -τος, -τον
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 599; XI, 50, 500, 530; XIII, 169, 540; XVI, 123; 267; XVII, 89; XXII, 96; Od. IV, 584; VII, 333; VIII, 326; XX, 346
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. f. (target gender) sg., nom. n. sg., dat. f. (target gender) sg., acc. m. sg., acc. n. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: the first member is not a free word in Greek