ἔκπυστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκπῠνθᾰ́νομαι (ekpunthánomai) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.pys.tos/ → /ˈek.pys.tos/ → /ˈek.pis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.pys.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pis.tos/

Adjective

ἔκπῠστος • (ékpustos) m or f (neuter ἔκπῠστον); second declension

1. heard of, discovered
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 3 30:

     ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ Μυτιλήνην πρὶν ἐκπύστους γενέσθαι

     emoì dokeî pleîn hēmâs epì Mutilḗnēn prìn ekpústous genésthai

     it seems best to me for us to sail to Mytilene before we are discovered

Inflection

Second declension of ἔκπῠστος; ἔκπῠστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔκπῠστος ékpustos	ἔκπῠστον ékpuston		ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō	ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō		ἔκπῠστοι ékpustoi	ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpusta
Genitive		ἐκπῠ́στου ekpústou	ἐκπῠ́στου ekpústou		ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpústoin	ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpústoin		ἐκπῠ́στων ekpústōn	ἐκπῠ́στων ekpústōn
Dative		ἐκπῠ́στῳ ekpústōi	ἐκπῠ́στῳ ekpústōi		ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpústoin	ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpústoin		ἐκπῠ́στοις ekpústois	ἐκπῠ́στοις ekpústois
Accusative		ἔκπῠστον ékpuston	ἔκπῠστον ékpuston		ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō	ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō		ἐκπῠ́στους ekpústous	ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpusta
Vocative		ἔκπῠστε ékpuste	ἔκπῠστον ékpuston		ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō	ἐκπῠ́στω ekpústō		ἔκπῠστοι ékpustoi	ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpusta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκπῠ́στως ekpústōs			ἐκπῠστότερος ekpustóteros			ἐκπῠστότᾰτος ekpustótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔκπυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκπυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers