ἄλαστος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄληστος (álēstos)
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + λαθ- (lath-) + -τος (-tos)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.las.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
Adjective
ἄλαστος • (álastos) m or f (neuter ἄλαστον); second declension
- insufferable, accursed
- unceasing, incessant
Declension
Second declension of ἄλᾰστος; ἄλᾰστον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄλᾰστος álastos | ἄλᾰστον álaston | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἄλᾰστοι álastoi | ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀλᾰ́στου alástou | ἀλᾰ́στου alástou | ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin | ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin | ἀλᾰ́στων alástōn | ἀλᾰ́στων alástōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀλᾰ́στῳ alástōi | ἀλᾰ́στῳ alástōi | ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin | ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin | ἀλᾰ́στοις alástois | ἀλᾰ́στοις alástois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄλᾰστον álaston | ἄλᾰστον álaston | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἀλᾰ́στους alástous | ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄλᾰστε álaste | ἄλᾰστον álaston | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἀλᾰ́στω alástō | ἄλᾰστοι álastoi | ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀλᾰ́στως alástōs | ἀλᾰστότερος alastóteros | ἀλᾰστότᾰτος alastótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλάστωρ (alástōr)
Further reading
- ἄλαστος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄλαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄλαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄλαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2022)
- ἄλαστος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ἄλαστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press