ἄλαστος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄληστος (álēstos)
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + λαθ- (lath-) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.las.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
Adjective
ἄλαστος • (álastos) m or f (neuter ἄλαστον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄλᾰστος álăstos |
ἄλᾰστον álăston |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἄλᾰστοι álăstoi |
ἄλᾰστᾰ álăstă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀλᾰ́στου alắstou |
ἀλᾰ́στου alắstou |
ἀλᾰ́στοιν alắstoin |
ἀλᾰ́στοιν alắstoin |
ἀλᾰ́στων alắstōn |
ἀλᾰ́στων alắstōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀλᾰ́στῳ alắstōi |
ἀλᾰ́στῳ alắstōi |
ἀλᾰ́στοιν alắstoin |
ἀλᾰ́στοιν alắstoin |
ἀλᾰ́στοις alắstois |
ἀλᾰ́στοις alắstois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄλᾰστον álăston |
ἄλᾰστον álăston |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἀλᾰ́στους alắstous |
ἄλᾰστᾰ álăstă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄλᾰστε álăste |
ἄλᾰστον álăston |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἀλᾰ́στω alắstō |
ἄλᾰστοι álăstoi |
ἄλᾰστᾰ álăstă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀλᾰ́στως alắstōs |
ἀλᾰστότερος alăstóteros |
ἀλᾰστότᾰτος alăstótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλάστωρ (alástōr)
Further reading
- “ἄλαστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄλαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄλαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄλαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἄλαστος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “ἄλαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press