ἀτάσθαλος

A. reckless, presumptuous, wicked, of men, ἀνέρα . . ἀ. ὀβριμοεργόν Il. 22.418; ἀ. ἀνδρὶ ἔοικας Od. 8.166, etc.; so in Hdt., ἄνδρα ἀνόσιόν τε καὶ ἀ. 8.109; ἀνὴρ δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 9.116, cf. Him. Ecl. 13.28, al.

2. of men's acts, words, etc., Τρωσὶν τῶν μένος αἰὲν ἀ. Il. 13.634; λίην γὰρ ἀ. ὕβριν ἔχουσιν Od. 16.86; ἄνδρες δραῖσιν ἀτάσθαλα Alc. Supp. 27.11; λέγειν βάρβαρά τε καὶ ἀ. Hdt. 7.35; ἔρδειν πολλὰ καὶ ἀ. Id. 3.80; πρῆγμα ἀ. ποιήσαντες ib.49; ἀ. οὐδὲν ἔρεξας Theoc. 22.131.—Ep., Aeol., and Ion. word, used for comic effect by Strato Com. 1.38; also in later Prose, Luc. Cont. 3, Arr. An. 6.27.4, etc.—In EM 261.56 also ἀτασθάλεος, ον.