πᾶς

See also: πας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• παν- (pan-) — combining form
• παῖς (paîs) — Aeolic
• πάνσα (pánsa) — Cretan, Thessalian, Arcadocypriot (feminine)

Etymology

First attested in Mycenean Greek as 𐀞𐀯 (pa-si). From an earlier *παντ-ς (*pant-s), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂-ent- (“all”) (whence Tocharian B po (“all, every”)), apparently a derivative of *peh₂- (“to herd, protect”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pâːs/ → /pas/ → /pas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pas/

Determiner

πᾶς • (pâs) (feminine πᾶσᾰ, neuter πᾶν)

1. (in the plural) all, every, each
2. (in the singular) whole

Declension

First and third declension of πᾶς; πᾶσᾰ; πᾶν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Genitive		πᾰντός pantós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός pantós		πᾰ́ντων pántōn	πᾱσῶν pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pántōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ pantí	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ pantí		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsi(n)	πᾱ́σαις pā́sais	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsi(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta	πᾶσᾰν pâsan	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pántas	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and third declension of πᾶς; πᾶσᾰ; πᾶν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Genitive		πᾰντός pantós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός pantós		πᾰ́ντων pántōn	πᾱσᾱ́ων / πᾱσέ͜ων / πᾱσῶν pāsā́ōn / pāsé͜ōn / pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pántōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ pantí	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ pantí		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσῐν pâsi(n) / pántessi(n) / pántesi(n)	πᾱ́σῃσῐ / πᾱ́σῃσῐν / πᾱ́σῃς / πᾱ́σαις pā́sēisi(n) / pā́sēis / pā́sais	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσῐν pâsi(n) / pántessi(n) / pántesi(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta	πᾶσᾰν pâsan	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pántas	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First and third declension of πᾶς; πᾶσᾰ; πᾶν (Ionic)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Genitive		πᾰντός pantós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός pantós		πᾰ́ντων pántōn	πᾱσέων / πᾱσῶν pāséōn / pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pántōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ pantí	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ pantí		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsi(n)	πᾱ́σῃσῐ / πᾱ́σῃσῐν pā́sēisi(n)	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsi(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta	πᾶσᾰν pâsan	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pántas	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsa	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pántes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pánta
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἅπᾱς (hápās)
• δῐᾰ̀ πᾰντός (dià pantós)
• πᾰ́μπᾰν (pámpan)
• πᾰντᾰ́πᾱσῐ (pantápāsi)
• πᾰντᾰχῆ (pantakhê)
• πᾰντᾰχόθεν (pantakhóthen)
• πᾰντᾰχόθῐ (pantakhóthi)
• πᾰντᾰχοῖ (pantakhoî)
• πᾰντᾰχόσε (pantakhóse)
• πᾰντᾰχοῦ (pantakhoû)
• πᾰντᾰχῶς (pantakhôs)
• πᾰντέλειᾰ (pantéleia)
• πᾰντελής (pantelḗs)
• πᾰντευχῐ́ᾱ (panteukhíā)
• πᾰ́ντῃ (pántēi)
• πᾰ́ντῑμος (pántīmos)
• πᾰντλήμων (pantlḗmōn)
• πᾰντοδᾰπός (pantodapós)
• πᾰ́ντοθεν (pántothen)
• πᾰντοιᾰ́ς (pantoiás)
• πᾰντοῖος (pantoîos)
• πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρ (pantokrátōr)
• πᾰ́ντολμος (pántolmos)
• πᾰντοπωλέω (pantopōléō)
• πᾰντοπώλης (pantopṓlēs)
• πᾰντοπώλῐον (pantopṓlion)
• πᾰ́ντοσε (pántose)
• πᾰ́ντοτε (pántote)
• πᾰ́ντως (pántōs)
• πάνυ (pánu)
• πᾰράπαν (parápan)
• πρόπᾱς (própās)
• σῠ́μπᾱς (súmpās)
• συνάπᾱς (sunápās)

 

Descendants

• Greek: παν n (pan, “everything, Universe”)
• English: pan-, pant-, panto-, panta-

Further reading

• “πᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πᾶς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• πᾶς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πᾶς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3956 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • all idem, page 22.
  • entire idem, page 277.
  • every idem, page 285.
  • every one idem, page 285.
  • livelong idem, page 496.
  • total idem, page 884.
  • whole idem, page 977.