ἄβατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, negation prefix) +‎ βᾰτός (batós, “passable, accessible”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ba.tos/ → /ˈa.βa.tos/ → /ˈa.va.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ba.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.tos/

Adjective

ἄβᾰτος • (ábatos) m or f (neuter ἄβᾰτον); second declension

1. untrodden, inaccessible
2. (of mountains) impassable
3. (of rivers) not fordable
4. desolate, deserted
5. (of holy places) not to be trodden
6. (figuratively) pure, chaste
7. (of a horse) not ridden

Declension

Second declension of ἄβᾰτος; ἄβᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄβᾰτος ábatos	ἄβᾰτον ábaton		ἀβᾰ́τω abátō	ἀβᾰ́τω abátō		ἄβᾰτοι ábatoi	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábata
Genitive		ἀβᾰ́του abátou	ἀβᾰ́του abátou		ἀβᾰ́τοιν abátoin	ἀβᾰ́τοιν abátoin		ἀβᾰ́των abátōn	ἀβᾰ́των abátōn
Dative		ἀβᾰ́τῳ abátōi	ἀβᾰ́τῳ abátōi		ἀβᾰ́τοιν abátoin	ἀβᾰ́τοιν abátoin		ἀβᾰ́τοις abátois	ἀβᾰ́τοις abátois
Accusative		ἄβᾰτον ábaton	ἄβᾰτον ábaton		ἀβᾰ́τω abátō	ἀβᾰ́τω abátō		ἀβᾰ́τους abátous	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábata
Vocative		ἄβᾰτε ábate	ἄβᾰτον ábaton		ἀβᾰ́τω abátō	ἀβᾰ́τω abátō		ἄβᾰτοι ábatoi	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀβᾰ́τως abátōs			ἀβᾰτώτερος abatṓteros			ἀβᾰτώτᾰτος abatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄβᾰτον (ábaton)
• ἀβᾰτόομαι (abatóomai)

 

Further reading

• “ἄβατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄβατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄβατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄβατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)