ἀλαπαδνός

ἀλαπαδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *alp- (“weak, small”); cognate with Hittite [script needed] (alpant-, “ill, weak”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.pa.dnós/ → /a.la.paˈðnos/ → /a.la.paˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.pa.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/

Adjective

ἀλαπαδνός • (alapadnós) m (feminine ἀλαπαδνή, neuter ἀλαπαδνόν); first/second declension

1. easily exhausted, i.e. powerless, feeble

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀλαπαδνός; ἀλαπαδνή; ἀλαπαδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀλαπαδνός alapadnós	ἀλαπαδνή alapadnḗ	ἀλαπαδνόν alapadnón		ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀλαπαδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀλαπαδνοί alapadnoí	ἀλαπαδναί alapadnaí	ἀλαπαδνᾰ́ alapadná
Genitive		ἀλαπαδνοῦ alapadnoû	ἀλαπαδνῆς alapadnês	ἀλαπαδνοῦ alapadnoû		ἀλαπαδνοῖν alapadnoîn	ἀλαπαδναῖν alapadnaîn	ἀλαπαδνοῖν alapadnoîn		ἀλαπαδνῶν alapadnôn	ἀλαπαδνῶν alapadnôn	ἀλαπαδνῶν alapadnôn
Dative		ἀλαπαδνῷ alapadnôi	ἀλαπαδνῇ alapadnêi	ἀλαπαδνῷ alapadnôi		ἀλαπαδνοῖν alapadnoîn	ἀλαπαδναῖν alapadnaîn	ἀλαπαδνοῖν alapadnoîn		ἀλαπαδνοῖς alapadnoîs	ἀλαπαδναῖς alapadnaîs	ἀλαπαδνοῖς alapadnoîs
Accusative		ἀλαπαδνόν alapadnón	ἀλαπαδνήν alapadnḗn	ἀλαπαδνόν alapadnón		ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀλαπαδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀλαπαδνούς alapadnoús	ἀλαπαδνᾱ́ς alapadnā́s	ἀλαπαδνᾰ́ alapadná
Vocative		ἀλαπαδνέ alapadné	ἀλαπαδνή alapadnḗ	ἀλαπαδνόν alapadnón		ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀλαπαδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀλαπαδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀλαπαδνοί alapadnoí	ἀλαπαδναί alapadnaí	ἀλαπαδνᾰ́ alapadná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀλαπαδνῶς alapadnôs				ἀλαπαδνότερος alapadnóteros				ἀλαπαδνότᾰτος alapadnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λαπαδνός (lapadnós)
• ἀλαπάζω (alapázō, “I plunder, destroy”)
• ἀλαπαδνοσύνη (alapadnosúnē, “feebleness”)
• λαπάσσω (lapássō, “I empty, soften, sack a town”)
• λαπαρός (laparós, “slack, loose”)

Further reading

• ἀλαπαδνός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλαπαδνός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀλαπαδνός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλαπαδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαπαδνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀλαπαδνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag