Ἰαπετός

Ἰαπετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.a.pe.tós/ → /i.a.peˈtos/ → /i.a.peˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.a.pe.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.a.peˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.a.peˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.a.peˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.a.peˈtos/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓ᾰπετός • (Īapetós) m (genitive Ῑ̓ᾰπετοῦ); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Iapetus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓ᾰπετός; τοῦ Ῑ̓ᾰπετοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓ᾰπετός ho Īapetós
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓ᾰπετοῦ toû Īapetoû
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓ᾰπετῷ tôi Īapetôi
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓ᾰπετόν tòn Īapetón
Vocative	Ῑ̓ᾰπετέ Īapeté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἰαπετική φυλή (Iapetikḗ phulḗ, “Iapetic race”)
• Ἰαπετική γλῶσσα (Iapetikḗ glôssa, “Iapetic language”)

Descendants

• Greek: Ιαπετός (Iapetós)
• Latin: Iapetus

References

• Ἰαπετός 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
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013