θέσφατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *tʰés-pʰatos; equivalent to θέσ- (thés-, “god”) +‎ φατός (phatós, “spoken”, from φημί (phēmí) "to speak"); compare θέσκελος (théskelos), θεσπέσιος (thespésios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰés.pʰa.tos/ → /ˈθes.ɸa.tos/ → /ˈθes.fa.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰés.pʰa.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰes.pʰa.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.ɸa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/

Adjective

θέσφᾰτος • (thésphatos) m or f (neuter θέσφᾰτον); second declension (Attic)

1. divinely ordained or decreed
2. (by extension) amazing, wondrous, powerful

Declension

Second declension of θέσφᾰτος; θέσφᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θέσφᾰτος thésphatos	θέσφᾰτον thésphaton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō		θέσφᾰτοι thésphatoi	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphata
Genitive		θεσφᾰ́του thesphátou	θεσφᾰ́του thesphátou		θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphátoin	θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphátoin		θεσφᾰ́των thesphátōn	θεσφᾰ́των thesphátōn
Dative		θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphátōi	θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphátōi		θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphátoin	θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphátoin		θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphátois	θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphátois
Accusative		θέσφᾰτον thésphaton	θέσφᾰτον thésphaton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō		θεσφᾰ́τους thesphátous	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphata
Vocative		θέσφᾰτε thésphate	θέσφᾰτον thésphaton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphátō		θέσφᾰτοι thésphatoi	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεσφᾰ́τως thesphátōs			θεσφᾰτώτερος thesphatṓteros			θεσφᾰτώτᾰτος thesphatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀθέσφατος (athésphatos)
• θέσφατα (thésphata)

Descendants

• →⇒ Greek: θέσφατο (thésfato)

References

• “θέσφατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press