ἄκριτος
See also: άκριτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κρῐτός (krĭtós, “chosen, picked out, separated”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kri.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kri.tos/
Adjective
ἄκρῐτος • (ákrĭtos) m or f (neuter ἄκρῐτον); second declension
- undistinguishable, confused
- continuous, unceasing
- (poetic) countless
- undecided, doubtful
- unpredictable, uncertain
- unjudged, untried, without trial
- uncapable of judging
- (of fate) undiscriminating
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́κρῐτος ắkrĭtos |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτον ắkrĭton |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτοι ắkrĭtoi |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτᾰ ắkrĭtă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓κρῐ́του ăkrĭ́tou |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́του ăkrĭ́tou |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοιν ăkrĭ́toin |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοιν ăkrĭ́toin |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́των ăkrĭ́tōn |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́των ăkrĭ́tōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓κρῐ́τῳ ăkrĭ́tōi |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τῳ ăkrĭ́tōi |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοιν ăkrĭ́toin |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοιν ăkrĭ́toin |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοις ăkrĭ́tois |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τοις ăkrĭ́tois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́κρῐτον ắkrĭton |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτον ắkrĭton |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τους ăkrĭ́tous |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτᾰ ắkrĭtă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́κρῐτε ắkrĭte |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτον ắkrĭton |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́τω ăkrĭ́tō |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτοι ắkrĭtoi |
ᾰ̓́κρῐτᾰ ắkrĭtă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓κρῐ́τως ăkrĭ́tōs |
ᾰ̓κρῐτώτερος ăkrĭtṓteros |
ᾰ̓κρῐτώτᾰτος ăkrĭtṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκρῐτοβᾰ́ται (akrĭtobắtai)
- ἀκρῐτόβουλος (akrĭtóboulos)
- ἀκρῐτόδᾰκρῠς (akrĭtódăkrŭs)
- ἀκρῐτόμῡθος (akrĭtómūthos)
- ἀκρῐτόφῠλλος (akrĭtóphŭllos)
- ἀκρῐτόφῠρτος (akrĭtóphŭrtos)
- ἀκρῐτόφωνος (akrĭtóphōnos)
- ἀκρῐτόχειρος (akrĭtókheiros)
Descendants
- Greek: άκριτος (ákritos)
Further reading
- “ἄκριτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκριτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκριτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκριτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)