ασύλληπτος
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀσύλληπτος (asúllēptos) with semantic loan from French incompréhensible as an intensifier.[1] By surface analysis, α- (a-) + σύλληπ- (from σύλληψη (sýllipsi)) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsi.li.ptos/
- Hyphenation: α‧σύλ‧λη‧πτος
Adjective
ασύλληπτος • (asýlliptos) m (feminine ασύλληπτη, neuter ασύλληπτο)
- elusive, at large, unapprehended, uncaught, not arrested
- (chiefly as an intensifier) inconceivable, unimaginable
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ασύλληπτος (asýlliptos) | ασύλληπτη (asýllipti) | ασύλληπτο (asýllipto) | ασύλληπτοι (asýlliptoi) | ασύλληπτες (asýlliptes) | ασύλληπτα (asýllipta) | |
| genitive | ασύλληπτου (asýlliptou) | ασύλληπτης (asýlliptis) | ασύλληπτου (asýlliptou) | ασύλληπτων (asýllipton) | ασύλληπτων (asýllipton) | ασύλληπτων (asýllipton) | |
| accusative | ασύλληπτο (asýllipto) | ασύλληπτη (asýllipti) | ασύλληπτο (asýllipto) | ασύλληπτους (asýlliptous) | ασύλληπτες (asýlliptes) | ασύλληπτα (asýllipta) | |
| vocative | ασύλληπτε (asýllipte) | ασύλληπτη (asýllipti) | ασύλληπτο (asýllipto) | ασύλληπτοι (asýlliptoi) | ασύλληπτες (asýlliptes) | ασύλληπτα (asýllipta) | |
Derived terms
- ασύλληπτα (asýllipta, adverb)
Related terms
- συλλαμβάνω (syllamváno)
- συλληπτήριος (sylliptírios)
- σύλληπτρα n pl (sýlliptra)
- σύλληψη f (sýllipsi)
References
- ^ ασύλληπτος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language