ἀτερπής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ τέρπω (térpō) +‎ -ής (-ḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ter.pɛ̌ːs/ → /a.terˈpis/ → /a.terˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ter.pɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/

Adjective

ἀτερπής • (aterpḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτερπές); third declension

1. unpleasing
2. joyless, melancholy

Declension

Third declension of ἀ̆τερπής; ἀ̆τερπές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆τερπής aterpḗs	ἀ̆τερπές aterpés		ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî	ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî		ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê
Genitive		ἀ̆τερποῦς aterpoûs	ἀ̆τερποῦς aterpoûs		ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn	ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn		ἀ̆τερπῶν aterpôn	ἀ̆τερπῶν aterpôn
Dative		ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî	ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî		ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn	ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn		ἀ̆τερπέσῐ / ἀ̆τερπέσῐν aterpési(n)	ἀ̆τερπέσῐ / ἀ̆τερπέσῐν aterpési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê	ἀ̆τερπές aterpés		ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî	ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî		ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê
Vocative		ἀ̆τερπές aterpés	ἀ̆τερπές aterpés		ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî	ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî		ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆τερπῶς aterpôs			ἀ̆τερπέστερος aterpésteros			ἀ̆τερπέστᾰτος aterpéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀτερπής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτερπής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτερπής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀτερπής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀτερπής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cheerless idem, page 129.
  • comfortless idem, page 146.
  • dingy idem, page 225.
  • disagreeable idem, page 227.
  • discomfortable idem, page 230.
  • gloomy idem, page 362.
  • joyless idem, page 465.
  • mirthless idem, page 532.
  • unpleasant idem, page 927.