ἁμαρτάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̔μᾰρτᾰ́νω (hămărtắnō, “to miss”) + -άς (-ás, “a noun-forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.mar.tás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)a.marˈtas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.marˈtas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.marˈtas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.marˈtas/
Noun
ἁμαρτάς • (hamartás) f (genitive ἁμαρτάδος); third declension
- a fault, negligence, an error
- a copyist's error
- (religion) a sin, transgression
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἁμαρτᾰ́ς hē hamartắs |
τὼ ἁμαρτᾰ́δε tṑ hamartắde |
αἱ ἁμαρτᾰ́δες hai hamartắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἁμαρτᾰ́δος tês hamartắdos |
τοῖν ἁμαρτᾰ́δοιν toîn hamartắdoin |
τῶν ἁμαρτᾰ́δων tôn hamartắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἁμαρτᾰ́δῐ tēî hamartắdĭ |
τοῖν ἁμαρτᾰ́δοιν toîn hamartắdoin |
ταῖς ἁμαρτᾰ́σῐ / ἁμαρτᾰ́σῐν taîs hamartắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἁμαρτᾰ́δᾰ tḕn hamartắdă |
τὼ ἁμαρτᾰ́δε tṑ hamartắde |
τᾱ̀ς ἁμαρτᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s hamartắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἁμαρτᾰ́ς hamartắs |
ἁμαρτᾰ́δε hamartắde |
ἁμαρτᾰ́δες hamartắdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἁμαρτάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press