ἀπροσδόκητος

See also: απροσδόκητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) and προσδοκέω (prosdokéō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.proz.dó.kɛː.tos/ → /a.prozˈðo.ci.tos/ → /a.prozˈðo.ci.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.proz.dó.kɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.prozˈdo.ke̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.prozˈðo.ci.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.prozˈðo.ci.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.prozˈðo.ci.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓προσδόκητος • (aprosdókētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓προσδόκητον); second declension

1. unexpected
2. unaware

Inflection

Second declension of ἀπροσδόκητος; ἀπροσδόκητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπροσδόκητος aprosdókētos	ἀπροσδόκητον aprosdókēton		ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō	ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō		ἀπροσδόκητοι aprosdókētoi	ἀπροσδόκητᾰ aprosdókēta
Genitive		ἀπροσδοκήτου aprosdokḗtou	ἀπροσδοκήτου aprosdokḗtou		ἀπροσδοκήτοιν aprosdokḗtoin	ἀπροσδοκήτοιν aprosdokḗtoin		ἀπροσδοκήτων aprosdokḗtōn	ἀπροσδοκήτων aprosdokḗtōn
Dative		ἀπροσδοκήτῳ aprosdokḗtōi	ἀπροσδοκήτῳ aprosdokḗtōi		ἀπροσδοκήτοιν aprosdokḗtoin	ἀπροσδοκήτοιν aprosdokḗtoin		ἀπροσδοκήτοις aprosdokḗtois	ἀπροσδοκήτοις aprosdokḗtois
Accusative		ἀπροσδόκητον aprosdókēton	ἀπροσδόκητον aprosdókēton		ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō	ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō		ἀπροσδοκήτους aprosdokḗtous	ἀπροσδόκητᾰ aprosdókēta
Vocative		ἀπροσδόκητε aprosdókēte	ἀπροσδόκητον aprosdókēton		ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō	ἀπροσδοκήτω aprosdokḗtō		ἀπροσδόκητοι aprosdókētoi	ἀπροσδόκητᾰ aprosdókēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀπροσδοκήτως aprosdokḗtōs			ἀπροσδοκητότερος aprosdokētóteros			ἀπροσδοκητότᾰτος aprosdokētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: απροσδόκητος (aprosdókitos)

Further reading

• “ἀπροσδόκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπροσδόκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπροσδόκητος 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
• ἀπροσδόκητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G987 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.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • sudden idem, page 835.
  • unaware idem, page 907.
  • unconscious idem, page 910.
  • unexpected idem, page 917.
  • unforeseen idem, page 918.
  • unguarded idem, page 920.
  • unprepared idem, page 927.
  • unwary idem, page 936.