ἀπληστία

See also: απληστία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄπληστος (áplēstos, “insatiable, greedy”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix), ultimately from πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ • (ăplēstĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. insatiate desire, greediness (of something: [with genitive])

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ
hē ăplēstĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăplēstĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αι
hai ăplēstĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς
tês ăplēstĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αιν
toîn ăplēstĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓πληστῐῶν
tôn ăplēstĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾳ
tēî ăplēstĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αιν
toîn ăplēstĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αις
taîs ăplēstĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ăplēstĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăplēstĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ăplēstĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ
ăplēstĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ
ăplēstĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αι
ăplēstĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: απληστία (aplistía)

Further reading

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