ἄκαρπος
See also: άκαρπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kar.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kar.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kar.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kar.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kar.pos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος • (ắkărpos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον); second declension
- without fruit: barren
- fruitless, unprofitable
- In an active sense: making barren
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος ắkărpos |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ắkărpon |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρποι ắkărpoi |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ắkărpă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπου ăkắrpou |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπου ăkắrpou |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν ăkắrpoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν ăkắrpoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπων ăkắrpōn |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπων ăkắrpōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπῳ ăkắrpōi |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπῳ ăkắrpōi |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν ăkắrpoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν ăkắrpoin |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποις ăkắrpois |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποις ăkắrpois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ắkărpon |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ắkărpon |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπους ăkắrpous |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ắkărpă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́κᾰρπε ắkărpe |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ắkărpon |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω ăkắrpō |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρποι ắkărpoi |
ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ắkărpă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπως ăkắrpōs |
ᾰ̓κᾰρπότερος ăkărpóteros |
ᾰ̓κᾰρπότᾰτος ăkărpótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (akranalaus) (calque)
Further reading
- “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκαρπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἄκαρπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G175 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abortive idem, page 2.
- barren idem, page 63.
- fruitless idem, page 348.
- ineffective idem, page 435.
- jejune idem, page 462.
- meagre idem, page 519.
- sterile idem, page 816.
- unfruitful idem, page 919.
- unprofitable idem, page 928.
- useless idem, page 940.