ἄληπτος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἀ- (a-) + ληπτός (lēptós), from the root of λαμβάνω (lambánō).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.lɛːp.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.le̝p.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.lip.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.lip.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.lip.tos/
Adjective
editἄληπτος • (álēptos) m or f (neuter ἄληπτον); second declension
- not to be laid hold of, hard to catch
- unamenable
- incomprehensible
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄληπτος álēptos |
ἄληπτον álēpton |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἄληπτοι álēptoi |
ἄληπτᾰ álēpta | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀλήπτου alḗptou |
ἀλήπτου alḗptou |
ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin |
ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin |
ἀλήπτων alḗptōn |
ἀλήπτων alḗptōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀλήπτῳ alḗptōi |
ἀλήπτῳ alḗptōi |
ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin |
ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin |
ἀλήπτοις alḗptois |
ἀλήπτοις alḗptois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄληπτον álēpton |
ἄληπτον álēpton |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἀλήπτους alḗptous |
ἄληπτᾰ álēpta | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄληπτε álēpte |
ἄληπτον álēpton |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἀλήπτω alḗptō |
ἄληπτοι álēptoi |
ἄληπτᾰ álēpta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀλήπτως alḗptōs |
ἀληπτότερος alēptóteros |
ἀληπτότᾰτος alēptótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- ἄληπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄληπτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄληπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press