ἀλάστωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλαστος (álastos, “insufferable”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lás.tɔːr/ → /aˈlas.tor/ → /aˈlas.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lás.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.tor/

Noun

ἀλᾰ́στωρ • (alástōr) m or f (genitive ἀλᾰ́στορος); third declension

1. avenging spirit or deity
2. he who does deeds which merit vengeance, wretch

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ἀλᾰ́στωρ; τοῦ, τῆς ἀλᾰ́στορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ἀλᾰ́στωρ ho, hē alástōr	τὼ ἀλᾰ́στορε tṑ alástore	οἱ, αἱ ἀλᾰ́στορες hoi, hai alástores
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ἀλᾰ́στορος toû, tês alástoros	τοῖν ἀλᾰστόροιν toîn alastóroin	τῶν ἀλᾰστόρων tôn alastórōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ἀλᾰ́στορῐ tôi, têi alástori	τοῖν ἀλᾰστόροιν toîn alastóroin	τοῖς, ταῖς ἀλᾰ́στορσῐ / ἀλᾰ́στορσῐν toîs, taîs alástorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ἀλᾰ́στορᾰ tòn, tḕn alástora	τὼ ἀλᾰ́στορε tṑ alástore	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἀλᾰ́στορᾰς toùs, tā̀s alástoras
Vocative	ἀλᾰ́στορ alástor	ἀλᾰ́στορε alástore	ἀλᾰ́στορες alástores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλᾰστορῐ́ᾱ (alastoríā)
• ἀλᾰ́στορος (alástoros)

 

Further reading

• “ἀλάστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλάστωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλάστωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)