ἀσπαστός

ἀσπαστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσπάζομαι (aspázomai) +‎ -τός (-tós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pas.tós/ → /as.pasˈtos/ → /as.pasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pas.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.pasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.pasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.pasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.pasˈtos/

Adjective

ἀσπαστός • (aspastós) m (feminine ἀσπαστή, neuter ἀσπαστόν); first/second declension

1. welcome (whose arrival is a cause of joy)

Declension

First and second declension of ἀσπαστός; ἀσπαστή; ἀσπαστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσπαστός aspastós	ἀσπαστή aspastḗ	ἀσπαστόν aspastón		ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ	ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́	ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ		ἀσπαστοί aspastoí	ἀσπασταί aspastaí	ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastá
Genitive		ἀσπαστοῦ aspastoû	ἀσπαστῆς aspastês	ἀσπαστοῦ aspastoû		ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn	ἀσπασταῖν aspastaîn	ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn		ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn	ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn	ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn
Dative		ἀσπαστῷ aspastôi	ἀσπαστῇ aspastêi	ἀσπαστῷ aspastôi		ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn	ἀσπασταῖν aspastaîn	ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn		ἀσπαστοῖς aspastoîs	ἀσπασταῖς aspastaîs	ἀσπαστοῖς aspastoîs
Accusative		ἀσπαστόν aspastón	ἀσπαστήν aspastḗn	ἀσπαστόν aspastón		ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ	ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́	ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ		ἀσπαστούς aspastoús	ἀσπαστᾱ́ς aspastā́s	ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastá
Vocative		ἀσπαστέ aspasté	ἀσπαστή aspastḗ	ἀσπαστόν aspastón		ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ	ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́	ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ		ἀσπαστοί aspastoí	ἀσπασταί aspastaí	ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀσπαστῶς aspastôs				ἀσπαστότερος aspastóteros				ἀσπαστότᾰτος aspastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσπαστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀσπαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσπαστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀσπαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2022)
• “ἀσπαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press