ἄπαστον
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- ἀπασιτόν (apasitón)
Etymology edit
Uncertain, but possibly from ἄπαστος (ápastos, “fasting”). Otherwise, maybe of Semitic origin, compare Arabic حَبَّسَ (ḥabbasa, “to imprison”), Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš, “to bind, tie”) and Safaitic [script needed] (ḥabīsat, “enclosure”).
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
Noun edit
ἄπαστον • (ápaston) n (genitive ἀπάστου); second declension
- (hapax) prison
- Synonym: δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
- ἄπαστον· δεσμωτήριον
- ápaston; desmōtḗrion
- ápaston: prison
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston |
τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō |
τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀπάστου toû apástou |
τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin |
τῶν ἀπάστων tôn apástōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀπάστῳ tôi apástōi |
τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin |
τοῖς ἀπάστοις toîs apástois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston |
τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō |
τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄπαστον ápaston |
ἀπάστω apástō |
ἄπαστᾰ ápasta | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- ἄπαστος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- ἀπασιτόν - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α