ἁμαρτάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̔μᾰρτᾰ́νω (hamartánō, “to miss”) +‎ -άς (-ás, “a noun-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.mar.tás/ → /a.marˈtas/ → /a.marˈtas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.mar.tás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.marˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.marˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.marˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.marˈtas/

Noun

ἁμαρτάς • (hamartás) f (genitive ἁμαρτάδος); third declension

1. a fault, negligence, an error
2. a copyist's error
3. (religion) a sin, transgression

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἁμαρτᾰ́ς; τῆς ἁμαρτᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁμαρτᾰ́ς hē hamartás	τὼ ἁμαρτᾰ́δε tṑ hamartáde	αἱ ἁμαρτᾰ́δες hai hamartádes
Genitive	τῆς ἁμαρτᾰ́δος tês hamartádos	τοῖν ἁμαρτᾰ́δοιν toîn hamartádoin	τῶν ἁμαρτᾰ́δων tôn hamartádōn
Dative	τῇ ἁμαρτᾰ́δῐ têi hamartádi	τοῖν ἁμαρτᾰ́δοιν toîn hamartádoin	ταῖς ἁμαρτᾰ́σῐ / ἁμαρτᾰ́σῐν taîs hamartási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁμαρτᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hamartáda	τὼ ἁμαρτᾰ́δε tṑ hamartáde	τᾱ̀ς ἁμαρτᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hamartádas
Vocative	ἁμαρτᾰ́ς hamartás	ἁμαρτᾰ́δε hamartáde	ἁμαρτᾰ́δες hamartádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἁμαρτάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press