ἀτερπής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-) + τέρπω (térpō) + -ής (-ḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ter.pɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.terˈpe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.terˈpis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.terˈpis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.terˈpis/
Adjective
ἀτερπής • (aterpḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτερπές); third declension
- unpleasing
- joyless, melancholy
Declension
Third declension of ἀ̆τερπής; ἀ̆τερπές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀ̆τερπής aterpḗs | ἀ̆τερπές aterpés | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs | ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀ̆τερποῦς aterpoûs | ἀ̆τερποῦς aterpoûs | ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn | ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn | ἀ̆τερπῶν aterpôn | ἀ̆τερπῶν aterpôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn | ἀ̆τερποῖν aterpoîn | ἀ̆τερπέσῐ / ἀ̆τερπέσῐν aterpési(n) | ἀ̆τερπέσῐ / ἀ̆τερπέσῐν aterpési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê | ἀ̆τερπές aterpés | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs | ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀ̆τερπές aterpés | ἀ̆τερπές aterpés | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖ aterpeî | ἀ̆τερπεῖς aterpeîs | ἀ̆τερπῆ aterpê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀ̆τερπῶς aterpôs | ἀ̆τερπέστερος aterpésteros | ἀ̆τερπέστᾰτος aterpéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀτερπής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀτερπής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτερπής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀτερπής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀτερπής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cheerless idem, page 129.
- comfortless idem, page 146.
- dingy idem, page 225.
- disagreeable idem, page 227.
- discomfortable idem, page 230.
- gloomy idem, page 362.
- joyless idem, page 465.
- mirthless idem, page 532.
- unpleasant idem, page 927.