ἀκατάληπτος
See also: ακατάληπτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) + καταληπτός (katalēptós, “seized”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ka.tá.lɛːp.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kaˈta.le̝p.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈta.lip.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈta.lip.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kaˈta.lip.tos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτος • (ăkătắlēptos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτον); second declension
- not to be seized or conquered
- unreachable
- incomprehensible
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτος ăkătắlēptos |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτον ăkătắlēpton |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτοι ăkătắlēptoi |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτᾰ ăkătắlēptă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτου ăkătălḗptou |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτου ăkătălḗptou |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοιν ăkătălḗptoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοιν ăkătălḗptoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτων ăkătălḗptōn |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτων ăkătălḗptōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτῳ ăkătălḗptōi |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτῳ ăkătălḗptōi |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοιν ăkătălḗptoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοιν ăkătălḗptoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοις ăkătălḗptois |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτοις ăkătălḗptois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτον ăkătắlēpton |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτον ăkătắlēpton |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτους ăkătălḗptous |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτᾰ ăkătắlēptă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτε ăkătắlēpte |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτον ăkătắlēpton |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτω ăkătălḗptō |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτοι ăkătắlēptoi |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰ́ληπτᾰ ăkătắlēptă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰλήπτως ăkătălḗptōs |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰληπτότερος ăkătălēptóteros |
ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰληπτότᾰτος ăkătălēptótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ακατάληπτος (akatáliptos)
Further reading
- “ἀκατάληπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκατάληπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκατάληπτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)