ἄφλαστον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bechtel posited "that which prevents destruction", from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φλάω (phláō, “to crush”), but this is considered improbable by Beekes. The word is rather from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pʰlas.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pʰlas.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɸlas.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.flas.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.flas.ton/
Noun
ἄφλᾰστον • (áphlaston) n (genitive ἀφλᾰ́στου); second declension
- (nautical) curved poop of a ship, with its ornaments
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἄφλᾰστον; τοῦ ἀφλᾰ́στου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄφλᾰστον tò áphlaston | τὼ ἀφλᾰ́στω tṑ aphlástō | τᾰ̀ ἄφλᾰστᾰ tà áphlasta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀφλᾰ́στου toû aphlástou | τοῖν ἀφλᾰ́στοιν toîn aphlástoin | τῶν ἀφλᾰ́στων tôn aphlástōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀφλᾰ́στῳ tôi aphlástōi | ἀφλᾰ́στοιν aphlástoin | τοῖς ἀφλᾰ́στοις toîs aphlástois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄφλᾰστον tò áphlaston | ἀφλᾰ́στω aphlástō | τᾰ̀ ἄφλᾰστᾰ tà áphlasta | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄφλᾰστον áphlaston | ἀφλᾰ́στω aphlástō | ἄφλᾰστᾰ áphlasta | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἄφλαστον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄφλαστον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄφλαστον 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