ἄφλαστον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bechtel posited "that which prevents destruction", from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ φλάω (phláō, “to crush”), but this is considered improbable by Beekes, who claims it is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.pʰlas.ton/ → /ˈa.ɸlas.ton/ → /ˈa.flas.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.pʰlas.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pʰlas.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɸlas.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.flas.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.flas.ton/

Noun

ἄφλᾰστον • (áphlaston) n (genitive ἀφλᾰ́στου); second declension

1. (nautical) curved poop of a ship, with its ornaments

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄφλᾰστον; τοῦ ἀφλᾰ́στου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄφλᾰστον tò áphlaston	τὼ ἀφλᾰ́στω tṑ aphlástō	τᾰ̀ ἄφλᾰστᾰ tà áphlasta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀφλᾰ́στου toû aphlástou	τοῖν ἀφλᾰ́στοιν toîn aphlástoin	τῶν ἀφλᾰ́στων tôn aphlástōn
Dative	τῷ ἀφλᾰ́στῳ tôi aphlástōi	τοῖν ἀφλᾰ́στοιν toîn aphlástoin	τοῖς ἀφλᾰ́στοις toîs aphlástois
Accusative	τὸ ἄφλᾰστον tò áphlaston	τὼ ἀφλᾰ́στω tṑ aphlástō	τᾰ̀ ἄφλᾰστᾰ tà áphlasta
Vocative	ἄφλᾰστον áphlaston	ἀφλᾰ́στω aphlástō	ἄφλᾰστᾰ áphlasta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄφλαστον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄφλαστον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄφλαστον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN