COMPOUND: ἄλαστος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘not to be forgotten’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + verbal root λας < λαθ- (λαθεῖν) ‘escape notice, go unseen, forget’ + adj. suf. -τος, -τον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXII, 261; XXIV, 105; Od. I, 342; IV, 100; XIV, 174
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. n. sg., acc. n. sg., voc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: uncertain etymology