ἀλαός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The explanation from λάω (láō, “to see”) is problematic, as a privative formation should have barytone accentuation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.la.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓λαός • (alaós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λαόν); second declension
- blind
- Synonym: τυφλός (tuphlós)
- invisible, imperceptible
Inflection
Second declension of ᾰ̓λαός; ᾰ̓λαόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓λαός alaós | ᾰ̓λαόν alaón | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí | ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû | ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû | ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn | ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn | ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn | ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi | ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi | ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn | ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn | ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs | ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓λαόν alaón | ᾰ̓λαόν alaón | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαούς alaoús | ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓λαέ alaé | ᾰ̓λαόν alaón | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ | ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí | ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓λαῶς alaôs | ᾰ̓λαότερος alaóteros | ᾰ̓λαότᾰτος alaótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλαοσκοπιά (alaoskopiá)
- ἀλαοτόκος (alaotókos)
- ἀλαόω (alaóō)
- ἀλαωτύς (alaōtús)
References
- ἀλαός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλαός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀλαός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλαός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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