πᾶς

See also: πας and πᾶσ'

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 pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Genitive		πᾰντός păntós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός păntós		πᾰ́ντων pắntōn	πᾱσῶν pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pắntōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsĭ(n)	πᾱ́σαις pā́sais	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsĭ(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă	πᾶσᾰν pâsăn	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pắntăs	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
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 pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Genitive		πᾰντός păntós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός păntós		πᾰ́ντων pắntōn	πᾱσᾱ́ων / πᾱσέ͜ων / πᾱσῶν pāsā́ōn / pāsé͜ōn / pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pắntōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσῐν pâsĭ(n) / pắntessĭ(n) / pắntesĭ(n)	πᾱ́σῃσῐ / πᾱ́σῃσῐν / πᾱ́σῃς / πᾱ́σαις pā́sēisĭ(n) / pā́sēis / pā́sais	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / πᾰ́ντεσῐ / πᾰ́ντεσῐν pâsĭ(n) / pắntessĭ(n) / pắntesĭ(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă	πᾶσᾰν pâsăn	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pắntăs	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
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 pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Genitive		πᾰντός păntós	πᾱ́σης pā́sēs	πᾰντός păntós		πᾰ́ντων pắntōn	πᾱσέων / πᾱσῶν pāséōn / pāsôn	πᾰ́ντων pắntōn
Dative		πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́	πᾱ́σῃ pā́sēi	πᾰντῐ́ păntĭ́		πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsĭ(n)	πᾱ́σῃσῐ / πᾱ́σῃσῐν pā́sēisĭ(n)	πᾶσῐ / πᾶσῐν pâsĭ(n)
Accusative		πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă	πᾶσᾰν pâsăn	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντᾰς pắntăs	πᾱ́σᾱς pā́sās	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
Vocative		πᾶς pâs	πᾶσᾰ pâsă	πᾶν pân		πᾰ́ντες pắntes	πᾶσαι pâsai	πᾰ́ντᾰ pắntă
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 (dĭằ păntós)
• πᾰ́μπᾰν (pắmpăn)
• παννύχιος (pannúkhios)
• παννυχίς (pannukhís)
• πᾰντᾰ́πᾱσῐ (păntắpāsĭ)
• πᾰντᾰχῆ (păntăkhê)
• πᾰντᾰχόθεν (păntăkhóthen)
• πᾰντᾰχόθῐ (păntăkhóthĭ)
• πᾰντᾰχοῖ (păntăkhoî)
• πᾰντᾰχόσε (păntăkhóse)
• πᾰντᾰχοῦ (păntăkhoû)
• πᾰντᾰχῶς (păntăkhôs)
• πᾰντέλειᾰ (păntéleiă)
• πᾰντελής (păntelḗs)
• πᾰντευχῐ́ᾱ (pănteukhĭ́ā)
• πᾰ́ντῃ (pắntēi)
• πᾰ́ντῑμος (pắntīmos)
• πᾰντλήμων (păntlḗmōn)
• πᾰντοδᾰπός (păntodăpós)
• πᾰ́ντοθεν (pắntothen)
• πᾰντοιᾰ́ς (păntoiắs)
• πᾰντοῖος (păntoîos)
• πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρ (păntokrắtōr)
• πᾰ́ντολμος (pắntolmos)
• πᾰντοπωλέω (păntopōléō)
• πᾰντοπώλης (păntopṓlēs)
• πᾰντοπώλῐον (păntopṓlĭon)
• πᾰ́ντοσε (pắntose)
• πᾰ́ντοτε (pắntote)
• πᾰ́ντως (pắntōs)
• πάνυ (pánu)
• πᾰράπαν (părápan)
• πρόπᾱς (própās)
• σῠ́μπᾱς (sŭ́mpās)
• 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.