ἀσπαστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀσπάζομαι (aspázomai) + -τός (-tós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pas.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.pasˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.pasˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.pasˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /as.pasˈtos/
Adjective
ἀσπαστός • (aspastós) m (feminine ἀσπαστή, neuter ἀσπαστόν); first/second declension
- welcome (whose arrival is a cause of joy)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἀσπαστός aspastós |
ἀσπαστή aspastḗ |
ἀσπαστόν aspastón |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́ |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστοί aspastoí |
ἀσπασταί aspastaí |
ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastắ | |||||
| Genitive | ἀσπαστοῦ aspastoû |
ἀσπαστῆς aspastês |
ἀσπαστοῦ aspastoû |
ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn |
ἀσπασταῖν aspastaîn |
ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn |
ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn |
ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn |
ἀσπαστῶν aspastôn | |||||
| Dative | ἀσπαστῷ aspastōî |
ἀσπαστῇ aspastēî |
ἀσπαστῷ aspastōî |
ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn |
ἀσπασταῖν aspastaîn |
ἀσπαστοῖν aspastoîn |
ἀσπαστοῖς aspastoîs |
ἀσπασταῖς aspastaîs |
ἀσπαστοῖς aspastoîs | |||||
| Accusative | ἀσπαστόν aspastón |
ἀσπαστήν aspastḗn |
ἀσπαστόν aspastón |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́ |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστούς aspastoús |
ἀσπαστᾱ́ς aspastā́s |
ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastắ | |||||
| Vocative | ἀσπαστέ aspasté |
ἀσπαστή aspastḗ |
ἀσπαστόν aspastón |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστᾱ́ aspastā́ |
ἀσπαστώ aspastṓ |
ἀσπαστοί aspastoí |
ἀσπασταί aspastaí |
ἀσπαστᾰ́ aspastắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀσπαστῶς aspastôs |
ἀσπαστότερος aspastóteros |
ἀσπαστότᾰτος aspastótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀσπαστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀσπαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσπαστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀσπαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀσπαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press