ἀσκελής

in α

COMPOUND: ἀσκελής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘dried up’ (as adverb ‘toughly, stubbornly’)
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ privativum or copulativum + verbal root σκελ- (σκέλλω) ‘dry up’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Od. I, 68; IV, 543; X, 463
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. n. sg, nom. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: ἀ- privativum or copulativum is not a free word in Greek