ἀραιός

ἀραιός

See also: αραιός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rai̯.ós/ → /a.rɛˈos/ → /a.reˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rai̯.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.rɛˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.rɛˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.reˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.reˈos/

Adjective

ἀραιός • (araiós) m (feminine ἀραιᾱ́, neuter ἀραιόν); first/second declension

1. thin, lean, narrow, slight, slender
2. not dense, of loose texture, porous
3. with intervals, intermittent
4. infrequent, scanty, few and far between
5. (feminine substantive) flank, belly

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀραιός; ἀραιᾱ́; ἀραιόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀραιός araiós	ἀραιᾱ́ araiā́	ἀραιόν araión		ἀραιώ araiṓ	ἀραιᾱ́ araiā́	ἀραιώ araiṓ		ἀραιοί araioí	ἀραιαί araiaí	ἀραιᾰ́ araiá
Genitive		ἀραιοῦ araioû	ἀραιᾶς araiâs	ἀραιοῦ araioû		ἀραιοῖν araioîn	ἀραιαῖν araiaîn	ἀραιοῖν araioîn		ἀραιῶν araiôn	ἀραιῶν araiôn	ἀραιῶν araiôn
Dative		ἀραιῷ araiôi	ἀραιᾷ araiâi	ἀραιῷ araiôi		ἀραιοῖν araioîn	ἀραιαῖν araiaîn	ἀραιοῖν araioîn		ἀραιοῖς araioîs	ἀραιαῖς araiaîs	ἀραιοῖς araioîs
Accusative		ἀραιόν araión	ἀραιᾱ́ν araiā́n	ἀραιόν araión		ἀραιώ araiṓ	ἀραιᾱ́ araiā́	ἀραιώ araiṓ		ἀραιούς araioús	ἀραιᾱ́ς araiā́s	ἀραιᾰ́ araiá
Vocative		ἀραιέ araié	ἀραιᾱ́ araiā́	ἀραιόν araión		ἀραιώ araiṓ	ἀραιᾱ́ araiā́	ἀραιώ araiṓ		ἀραιοί araioí	ἀραιαί araiaí	ἀραιᾰ́ araiá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀραιῶς araiôs				ἀραιότερος araióteros				ἀραιότᾰτος araiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀραιόθριξ (araióthrix)
• ἀραιότης (araiótēs)

Descendants

• Greek: αραιός (araiós)

References

• ἀραιός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀραιός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀραιός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀραιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀραιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀραιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• ἀραιός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter