ἁπαλός
See also: απαλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The formation may be compared with ὀμαλός (omalós) and ἀταλός (atalós). Furnée compared ἀμαλός (amalós, “soft, bland”), assuming variation μ/π. This is possible, but uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.pa.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)a.paˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.paˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.paˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.paˈlos/
Adjective
ἁπᾰλός • (hapalós) m (feminine ἁπᾰλή, neuter ἁπᾰλόν); first/second declension
- soft to the touch, tender
- Synonym: μαλακός (malakós)
- (figuratively) delicate, gentle
- (in bad sense) soft, weak
Inflection
First and second declension of ἁπᾰλός; ἁπᾰλή; ἁπᾰλόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἁπᾰλός hapalós | ἁπᾰλή hapalḗ | ἁπᾰλόν hapalón | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλᾱ́ hapalā́ | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλοί hapaloí | ἁπᾰλαί hapalaí | ἁπᾰλᾰ́ hapalá | |||||
Genitive | ἁπᾰλοῦ hapaloû | ἁπᾰλῆς hapalês | ἁπᾰλοῦ hapaloû | ἁπᾰλοῖν hapaloîn | ἁπᾰλαῖν hapalaîn | ἁπᾰλοῖν hapaloîn | ἁπᾰλῶν hapalôn | ἁπᾰλῶν hapalôn | ἁπᾰλῶν hapalôn | |||||
Dative | ἁπᾰλῷ hapalôi | ἁπᾰλῇ hapalêi | ἁπᾰλῷ hapalôi | ἁπᾰλοῖν hapaloîn | ἁπᾰλαῖν hapalaîn | ἁπᾰλοῖν hapaloîn | ἁπᾰλοῖς hapaloîs | ἁπᾰλαῖς hapalaîs | ἁπᾰλοῖς hapaloîs | |||||
Accusative | ἁπᾰλόν hapalón | ἁπᾰλήν hapalḗn | ἁπᾰλόν hapalón | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλᾱ́ hapalā́ | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλούς hapaloús | ἁπᾰλᾱ́ς hapalā́s | ἁπᾰλᾰ́ hapalá | |||||
Vocative | ἁπᾰλέ hapalé | ἁπᾰλή hapalḗ | ἁπᾰλόν hapalón | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλᾱ́ hapalā́ | ἁπᾰλώ hapalṓ | ἁπᾰλοί hapaloí | ἁπᾰλαί hapalaí | ἁπᾰλᾰ́ hapalá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἁπᾰλῶς hapalôs | ἁπᾰλώτερος hapalṓteros | ἁπᾰλώτᾰτος hapalṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἁπαλία (hapalía)
- ἁπαλίας (hapalías)
- ἁπαλοανθής (hapaloanthḗs)
- ἁπαλοάω (hapaloáō)
- ἁπαλοβραχής (hapalobrakhḗs)
- ἁπαλόθριξ (hapalóthrix)
- ἁπαλόθροος (hapalóthroos)
- ἁπαλόπαις (hapalópais)
- ἁπαλοπάρηος (hapalopárēos)
- ἁπαλοπλόκαμος (hapaloplókamos)
- ἁπαλόπους (hapalópous)
- ἁπαλόσαρκος (hapalósarkos)
- ἁπαλόστομος (hapalóstomos)
- ἁπαλοσύγκριτος (hapalosúnkritos)
- ἁπαλοσώματος (hapalosṓmatos)
- ἁπαλότης (hapalótēs)
- ἁπαλοτρεφής (hapalotrephḗs)
- ἁπαλοφόρος (hapalophóros)
- ἁπαλόφρων (hapalóphrōn)
- ἁπαλόχροος (hapalókhroos)
Descendants
- Greek: απαλός (apalós)
References
- ἁπαλός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἁπαλός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἁπαλός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἁπαλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁπαλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἁπαλός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- 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