ἀμελής
See also: αμελής
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.me.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.meˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.meˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.meˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.meˈlis/
Etymology 1
From ἀ- (a-, not, without) + μέλω (mélō, “to care”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Adjective
ᾰ̓μελής • (ămelḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μελές); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓μελής ămelḗs |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs |
ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn |
ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n) |
ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓μελῶς ămelôs |
ᾰ̓μελέστερος ămelésteros |
ᾰ̓μελέστᾰτος ămeléstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμελετής (ameletḗs)
- ἀμελετῐκός (ameletĭkós)
- ἀμέλετος (améletos)
- ἀμελέω (ameléō)
Descendants
- Greek: αμελής (amelís)
Etymology 2
From ἀ- (a-, not, without) + μέλος (mélos, “song, strain”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Adjective
ᾰ̓μελής • (ămelḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μελές); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓μελής ămelḗs |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs |
ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn |
ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn |
ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n) |
ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελές ămelés |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî |
ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs |
ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓μελῶς ămelôs |
ᾰ̓μελέστερος ămelésteros |
ᾰ̓μελέστᾰτος ămeléstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμελής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)