ἀπέταλος

See also: απέταλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓πέτηλος (apétēlos) — Ionic

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, alpha privativum) +‎ πέτᾰλον (pétalon, “leaf”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/ → /aˈpe.ta.los/ → /aˈpe.ta.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/

Adjective

*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος • (*āpétalos) m or f (neuter *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον); second declension (Koine)

1. stripped of leaves, aphyllous, leafless
   • Palatine Anthology 6.190.5, (Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus):^[1]

     καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην,

     kaì taútēn apétēlon halinḗkteiran elaíēn,

   • Palatine Anthology 9.231.4, (Antipater Thessalonicensis):^[2]

     ἡ ταύτης οὐκ ἀπετηλοτέρη·

     hē taútēs ouk apetēlotérē;

Usage notes

• Only the Ionic spelling (ἀπέτηλος) is attested in ancient sources.

Declension

Second declension of *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος; *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος *āpétalos	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō		*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétaloi	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala
Genitive		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetálou	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetálou		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetálōn	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetálōn
Dative		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetálōi	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetálōi		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetálois	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetálois
Accusative		*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λους *āpetálous	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala
Vocative		*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλε *āpétale	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō	*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō		*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétaloi	*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λως *āpetálōs			*ᾱ̓πετᾰλότερος *āpetalóteros			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: āpetalus
  • → Greek: απέταλος (apétalos) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπέταλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπέταλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ἀπέτηλος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “ἀπέτηλος”, “ἀπέταλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011