ἀπέταλος
See also: απέταλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
ἀ- (a-, alpha privativum) + πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
Adjective
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος • (*āpétălos) m or f (neuter *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον); second declension (Koine)
- stripped of leaves, aphyllous, leafless
- Palatine Anthology 6.190.5, (Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus):[1]
- καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην,
- kaì taútēn apétēlon halinḗkteiran elaíēn,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην,
- Palatine Anthology 9.231.4, (Antipater Thessalonicensis):[2]
- ἡ ταύτης οὐκ ἀπετηλοτέρη·
- hē taútēs ouk apetēlotérē;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ἡ ταύτης οὐκ ἀπετηλοτέρη·
Usage notes
- Only the Ionic spelling (ἀπέτηλος) is attested in ancient sources.
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος *āpétălos |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétălon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétăloi |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétălă | ||||||||
| Genitive | *ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetắlou |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetắlou |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetắloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetắloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetắlōn |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetắlōn | ||||||||
| Dative | *ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetắlōi |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetắlōi |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetắloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetắloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetắlois |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetắlois | ||||||||
| Accusative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétălon |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétălon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λους *āpetắlous |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétălă | ||||||||
| Vocative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλε *āpétăle |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétălon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetắlō |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétăloi |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétălă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| *ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λως *āpetắlōs |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰλότερος *āpetălóteros |
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀπέταλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπέτηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “ἀπέτηλος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[3] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- ἀπέτηλος, ἀπέταλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011