ἄπρακτος

ἄπρακτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄπρηκτος (áprēktos) – Ionic

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ πράσσω (prássō) +‎ -τος (-tos)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἄπρᾱκτος • (áprāktos) m or f (neuter ἄπρᾱκτον); second declension

1. unsuccessful (failed, not successful)
2. unavailing (fruitless, futile, useless)

Declension

Second declension of ἄπρᾱκτος; ἄπρᾱκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄπρᾱκτος áprāktos	ἄπρᾱκτον áprākton		ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō	ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō		ἄπρᾱκτοι áprāktoi	ἄπρᾱκτᾰ áprākta
Genitive		ἀπρᾱ́κτου aprā́ktou	ἀπρᾱ́κτου aprā́ktou		ἀπρᾱ́κτοιν aprā́ktoin	ἀπρᾱ́κτοιν aprā́ktoin		ἀπρᾱ́κτων aprā́ktōn	ἀπρᾱ́κτων aprā́ktōn
Dative		ἀπρᾱ́κτῳ aprā́ktōi	ἀπρᾱ́κτῳ aprā́ktōi		ἀπρᾱ́κτοιν aprā́ktoin	ἀπρᾱ́κτοιν aprā́ktoin		ἀπρᾱ́κτοις aprā́ktois	ἀπρᾱ́κτοις aprā́ktois
Accusative		ἄπρᾱκτον áprākton	ἄπρᾱκτον áprākton		ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō	ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō		ἀπρᾱ́κτους aprā́ktous	ἄπρᾱκτᾰ áprākta
Vocative		ἄπρᾱκτε áprākte	ἄπρᾱκτον áprākton		ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō	ἀπρᾱ́κτω aprā́ktō		ἄπρᾱκτοι áprāktoi	ἄπρᾱκτᾰ áprākta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀπρᾱ́κτως aprā́ktōs			ἀπρᾱκτότερος aprāktóteros			ἀπρᾱκτότᾰτος aprāktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἄπρακτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄπρακτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)
• ἄπρακτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄπρακτος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abortive idem, page 2.
  • aimless idem, page 21.
  • baffled idem, page 59.
  • barren idem, page 63.
  • foiled idem, page 332.
  • impression idem, page 423.
  • ineffective idem, page 435.
  • sterile idem, page 816.
  • undone idem, page 915.
  • unfruitful idem, page 919.
  • unprofitable idem, page 928.
  • unsuccessful idem, page 933.
  • useless idem, page 940.
  • vain idem, page 942.