ἄκριτος

ἄκριτος

See also: άκριτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ κρῐτός (kritós, “chosen, picked out, separated”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kri.tos/ → /ˈa.kri.tos/ → /ˈa.kri.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kri.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/

Adjective

ἄκρῐτος • (ákritos) m or f (neuter ἄκρῐτον); second declension

1. undistinguishable, confused
2. continuous, unceasing
3. (poetic) countless
4. undecided, doubtful
5. unpredictable, uncertain
6. unjudged, untried, without trial
7. uncapable of judging
8. (of fate) undiscriminating

Declension

Second declension of ἄκρῐτος; ἄκρῐτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄκρῐτος ákritos	ἄκρῐτον ákriton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō		ἄκρῐτοι ákritoi	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrita
Genitive		ἀκρῐ́του akrítou	ἀκρῐ́του akrítou		ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrítoin	ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrítoin		ἀκρῐ́των akrítōn	ἀκρῐ́των akrítōn
Dative		ἀκρῐ́τῳ akrítōi	ἀκρῐ́τῳ akrítōi		ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrítoin	ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrítoin		ἀκρῐ́τοις akrítois	ἀκρῐ́τοις akrítois
Accusative		ἄκρῐτον ákriton	ἄκρῐτον ákriton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō		ἀκρῐ́τους akrítous	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrita
Vocative		ἄκρῐτε ákrite	ἄκρῐτον ákriton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrítō		ἄκρῐτοι ákritoi	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrita
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκρῐ́τως akrítōs			ἀκρῐτώτερος akritṓteros			ἀκρῐτώτᾰτος akritṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκρῐτοβᾰ́ται (akritobátai)
• ἀκρῐτόβουλος (akritóboulos)
• ἀκρῐτόδᾰκρῠς (akritódakrus)
• ἀκρῐτόμῡθος (akritómūthos)
• ἀκρῐτόφῠλλος (akritóphullos)
• ἀκρῐτόφῠρτος (akritóphurtos)
• ἀκρῐτόφωνος (akritóphōnos)
• ἀκρῐτόχειρος (akritókheiros)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άκριτος (ákritos)

Further reading

• ἄκριτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄκριτος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκριτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκριτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)