θέσφατος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *tʰés-pʰatos; equivalent to θεσ- (thes-, “god”) + φατός (phatós, “spoken”, from φημί (phēmí, “to speak”)); compare θέσκελος (théskelos), θεσπέσιος (thespésios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰés.pʰa.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰes.pʰa.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθes.ɸa.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/
Adjective
θέσφᾰτος • (thésphătos) m or f (neuter θέσφᾰτον); second declension (Attic)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | θέσφᾰτος thésphătos |
θέσφᾰτον thésphăton |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θέσφᾰτοι thésphătoi |
θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă | ||||||||
| Genitive | θεσφᾰ́του thesphắtou |
θεσφᾰ́του thesphắtou |
θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin |
θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin |
θεσφᾰ́των thesphắtōn |
θεσφᾰ́των thesphắtōn | ||||||||
| Dative | θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphắtōi |
θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphắtōi |
θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin |
θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin |
θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphắtois |
θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphắtois | ||||||||
| Accusative | θέσφᾰτον thésphăton |
θέσφᾰτον thésphăton |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θεσφᾰ́τους thesphắtous |
θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă | ||||||||
| Vocative | θέσφᾰτε thésphăte |
θέσφᾰτον thésphăton |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō |
θέσφᾰτοι thésphătoi |
θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| θεσφᾰ́τως thesphắtōs |
θεσφᾰτώτερος thesphătṓteros |
θεσφᾰτώτᾰτος thesphătṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀθέσφατος (athésphatos)
- θέσφατα (thésphata)
Descendants
- →⇒ Greek: θέσφατο (thésfato)
References
- “θέσφατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press