ἀπόθεος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + θεός (theós, “god”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pó.tʰe.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpo.tʰe.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓πόθεος • (apótheos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓πόθεον); second declension
- far from the gods, godless
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 267
- Synonym: ἄθεος (átheos)
Declension
Second declension of ᾰ̓πόθεος; ᾰ̓πόθεον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓πόθεος apótheos | ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓πόθεοι apótheoi | ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ποθέου apothéou | ᾰ̓ποθέου apothéou | ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin | ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin | ᾰ̓ποθέων apothéōn | ᾰ̓ποθέων apothéōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ποθέῳ apothéōi | ᾰ̓ποθέῳ apothéōi | ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin | ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin | ᾰ̓ποθέοις apothéois | ᾰ̓ποθέοις apothéois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon | ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓ποθέους apothéous | ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓πόθεε apóthee | ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō | ᾰ̓πόθεοι apótheoi | ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ποθέως apothéōs | ᾰ̓ποθεώτερος apotheṓteros | ᾰ̓ποθεώτᾰτος apotheṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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See also
- ἀποθεόω (apotheóō)
- ἀποθέωσῐς (apothéōsis)
Further reading
- “ἀπόθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπόθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπόθεος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)