ἐλατός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐλαστός (elastós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tós, verbal adjective of *h₁elh₂- (“to drive somewhere”). By surface analysis, ἐλα(ύνω) (ela(únō)) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.la.tós/ → /e.laˈtos/ → /e.laˈtos/

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

Adjective

ἐλᾰτός • (elatós) m (feminine ἐλᾰτή, neuter ἐλᾰτόν); first/second declension

1. ductile
2. beaten (of metal)

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλᾰτός; ἐλᾰτή; ἐλᾰτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλᾰτός elatós	ἐλᾰτή elatḗ	ἐλᾰτόν elatón		ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ	ἐλᾰτᾱ́ elatā́	ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ		ἐλᾰτοί elatoí	ἐλᾰταί elataí	ἐλᾰτᾰ́ elatá
Genitive		ἐλᾰτοῦ elatoû	ἐλᾰτῆς elatês	ἐλᾰτοῦ elatoû		ἐλᾰτοῖν elatoîn	ἐλᾰταῖν elataîn	ἐλᾰτοῖν elatoîn		ἐλᾰτῶν elatôn	ἐλᾰτῶν elatôn	ἐλᾰτῶν elatôn
Dative		ἐλᾰτῷ elatôi	ἐλᾰτῇ elatêi	ἐλᾰτῷ elatôi		ἐλᾰτοῖν elatoîn	ἐλᾰταῖν elataîn	ἐλᾰτοῖν elatoîn		ἐλᾰτοῖς elatoîs	ἐλᾰταῖς elataîs	ἐλᾰτοῖς elatoîs
Accusative		ἐλᾰτόν elatón	ἐλᾰτήν elatḗn	ἐλᾰτόν elatón		ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ	ἐλᾰτᾱ́ elatā́	ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ		ἐλᾰτούς elatoús	ἐλᾰτᾱ́ς elatā́s	ἐλᾰτᾰ́ elatá
Vocative		ἐλᾰτέ elaté	ἐλᾰτή elatḗ	ἐλᾰτόν elatón		ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ	ἐλᾰτᾱ́ elatā́	ἐλᾰτώ elatṓ		ἐλᾰτοί elatoí	ἐλᾰταί elataí	ἐλᾰτᾰ́ elatá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐλᾰτῶς elatôs				ἐλᾰτώτερος elatṓteros				ἐλᾰτώτᾰτος elatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐλατός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλατός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐλατός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐλατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press