ἀθέσφατος

A. beyond even a god's power to express, unutterable: or not according to a god's utterance, unblest, portentous, awful, ὄμβρος, θάλασσα, νύξ, Il. 3.4, Od. 7.273, 11.373; vast, ἀ. οἶνος, σῖτος, Od. 11.61, 13.244; βόες 20.211; of great beauty, ὕμνος Hes. Op. 662; φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀ. Emp. 134.4.—Once in Trag., ἀ. θέα E. IA 232 (lyr.).