COMPOUND: ἀδευκής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘not sweet, i. e. bitter, cruel’ or ‘unexpected’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + noun stem δεῦκ-ες (δεῦκος, εος) ‘sweet new wine; sweetness’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Od. IV, 489; VI, 273; X, 245
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. m. sg., acc. m. sg., acc. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: uncertain etymology; ἀ- privativum is not a free word in Greek