ἐλαστός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.las.tós/ → /e.lasˈtos/ → /e.lasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.las.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/

Adjective

ἐλαστός • (elastós) m (feminine ἐλαστή, neuter ἐλαστόν); first/second declension

1. Alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”)

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλᾰστός; ἐλᾰστή; ἐλᾰστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλᾰστός elastós	ἐλᾰστή elastḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elastón		ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elastā́	ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ		ἐλᾰστοί elastoí	ἐλᾰσταί elastaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elastá
Genitive		ἐλᾰστοῦ elastoû	ἐλᾰστῆς elastês	ἐλᾰστοῦ elastoû		ἐλᾰστοῖν elastoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elastaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elastoîn		ἐλᾰστῶν elastôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elastôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elastôn
Dative		ἐλᾰστῷ elastôi	ἐλᾰστῇ elastêi	ἐλᾰστῷ elastôi		ἐλᾰστοῖν elastoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elastaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elastoîn		ἐλᾰστοῖς elastoîs	ἐλᾰσταῖς elastaîs	ἐλᾰστοῖς elastoîs
Accusative		ἐλᾰστόν elastón	ἐλᾰστήν elastḗn	ἐλᾰστόν elastón		ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elastā́	ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ		ἐλᾰστούς elastoús	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ς elastā́s	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elastá
Vocative		ἐλᾰστέ elasté	ἐλᾰστή elastḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elastón		ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elastā́	ἐλᾰστώ elastṓ		ἐλᾰστοί elastoí	ἐλᾰσταί elastaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elastá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐλᾰστῶς elastôs				ἐλᾰστότερος elastóteros				ἐλᾰστότᾰτος elastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: elasto-
• → Esperanto: elasta
• →⇒ New Latin: elasticus
  • French: élastique (“elastic”, adjective)
    • → Catalan: elàstic
    • → Dutch: elastiek
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: lástik
      • → Indonesian: elastik
      • → Papiamentu: elastik, alestik
    • → English: elastic, elastick (obsolete)
      • → Malay: elastik
    • → German: elastisch
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: elastikk
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: elastikk
    • → Polish: elastyczny
    • → Romansch: elastic
    • → Ottoman Turkish: الاستیق (elastik, elastık).
      • Turkish: elastik
  • French: élastique (“rubber band”)
    • → Egyptian Arabic: أستيكة (astīka)
    • → Moroccan Arabic: لستيك (lastīk)
    • → Persian: لاستیک (lâstik)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: لاستیق (lastik, lastık).
      • Turkish: lastik
    • → Tunisian Arabic: يستيك (yastīk)

Further reading

• ἐλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐλαστός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press