παρελθών

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rel.tʰɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.relˈtʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.relˈθon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.relˈθon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.relˈθon/

Participle

πᾰρελθών • (părelthṓn) m (feminine πᾰρελθοῦσᾰ, neuter πᾰρελθόν); first/third declension

aorist active participle of πᾰρέρχομαι (părérkhomai)

Inflection

First and third declension of πᾰρελθών; πᾰρελθοῦσᾰ; πᾰρελθόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πᾰρελθών părelthṓn	πᾰρελθοῦσᾰ părelthoûsă	πᾰρελθόν părelthón	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθούσᾱ părelthoúsā	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθόντες părelthóntes	πᾰρελθοῦσαι părelthoûsai	πᾰρελθόντᾰ părelthóntă
Genitive	πᾰρελθόντος părelthóntos	πᾰρελθούσης părelthoúsēs	πᾰρελθόντος părelthóntos	πᾰρελθόντοιν părelthóntoin	πᾰρελθούσαιν părelthoúsain	πᾰρελθόντοιν părelthóntoin	πᾰρελθόντων părelthóntōn	πᾰρελθουσῶν părelthousôn	πᾰρελθόντων părelthóntōn
Dative	πᾰρελθόντῐ părelthóntĭ	πᾰρελθούσῃ părelthoúsēi	πᾰρελθόντῐ părelthóntĭ	πᾰρελθόντοιν părelthóntoin	πᾰρελθούσαιν părelthoúsain	πᾰρελθόντοιν părelthóntoin	πᾰρελθοῦσῐ / πᾰρελθοῦσῐν părelthoûsĭ(n)	πᾰρελθούσαις părelthoúsais	πᾰρελθοῦσῐ / πᾰρελθοῦσῐν părelthoûsĭ(n)
Accusative	πᾰρελθόντᾰ părelthóntă	πᾰρελθοῦσᾰν părelthoûsăn	πᾰρελθόν părelthón	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθούσᾱ părelthoúsā	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθόντᾰς părelthóntăs	πᾰρελθούσᾱς părelthoúsās	πᾰρελθόντᾰ părelthóntă
Vocative	πᾰρελθών părelthṓn	πᾰρελθοῦσᾰ părelthoûsă	πᾰρελθόν părelthón	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθούσᾱ părelthoúsā	πᾰρελθόντε părelthónte	πᾰρελθόντες părelthóntes	πᾰρελθοῦσαι părelthoûsai	πᾰρελθόντᾰ părelthóntă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πᾰρελθόντως părelthóntōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- by-gone idem, page 107.
- past idem, page 597.

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek παρελθών (parelthṓn), past participle of παρέρχομαι (parérchomai),^[1] see παρῆλθον (parêlthon) and ἐλθών (elthṓn). Found mostly as an adjective, and substantivised as the neuter noun παρελθόν (parelthón).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.relˈθon/
Hyphenation: πα‧ρελ‧θών
Homophone: παρελθόν (parelthón)

Participle

παρελθών • (parelthón) m (feminine παρελθούσα, neuter παρελθόν)

(formal, dated) one who passed, past, last
Ο νέος νόμος ανακοινώθηκε την παρελθούσα εβδομάδα.
O néos nómos anakoinóthike tin parelthoúsa evdomáda.
The new law was announced last week.

παρελθόντων ετών ― parelthónton etón ― of previous years

Declension

Declension of παρελθών
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	παρελθών (parelthón)	παρελθούσα (parelthoúsa)	παρελθόν (parelthón)	παρελθόντες (parelthóntes)	παρελθούσες (parelthoúses)	παρελθόντα (parelthónta)
genitive	παρελθόντος (parelthóntos)	παρελθούσας (parelthoúsas) παρελθούσης (parelthoúsis)	παρελθόντος (parelthóntos)	παρελθόντων (parelthónton)	παρελθουσών (parelthousón)	παρελθόντων (parelthónton)
accusative	παρελθόντα (parelthónta)	παρελθούσα (parelthoúsa)	παρελθόν (parelthón)	παρελθόντες (parelthóntes)	παρελθούσες (parelthoúses)	παρελθόντα (parelthónta)
vocative	παρελθών (parelthón)	παρελθούσα (parelthoúsa)	παρελθόν (parelthón)	παρελθόντες (parelthóntes)	παρελθούσες (parelthoúses)	παρελθόντα (parelthónta)

Antonyms

μέλλων (méllon, “future”)

Related terms

παρελθόν n (parelthón, “past”) (as noun, and as participle)
παρελθοντικός (parelthontikós, “of the past”)
παρελθοντολογία f (parelthontología, “speaking of the past”) (negative sense)
παρελθοντολογώ (parelthontologó, “I speak of the past”) (negative sense)

and see: έρχομαι (érchomai, “I come”)

References

^ παρελθών, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] παρελθών, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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