ἄληκτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-, “un”) + λήγω (lḗgō, “I cease”) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.lɛːk.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.le̝k.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.lik.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.lik.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.lik.tos/
Adjective
ἄληκτος • (álēktos) m or f (neuter ἄληκτον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́ληκτος ắlēktos |
ᾰ̓́ληκτον ắlēkton |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓́ληκτοι ắlēktoi |
ᾰ̓́ληκτᾰ ắlēktă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓λήκτου ălḗktou |
ᾰ̓λήκτου ălḗktou |
ᾰ̓λήκτοιν ălḗktoin |
ᾰ̓λήκτοιν ălḗktoin |
ᾰ̓λήκτων ălḗktōn |
ᾰ̓λήκτων ălḗktōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓λήκτῳ ălḗktōi |
ᾰ̓λήκτῳ ălḗktōi |
ᾰ̓λήκτοιν ălḗktoin |
ᾰ̓λήκτοιν ălḗktoin |
ᾰ̓λήκτοις ălḗktois |
ᾰ̓λήκτοις ălḗktois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́ληκτον ắlēkton |
ᾰ̓́ληκτον ắlēkton |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓λήκτους ălḗktous |
ᾰ̓́ληκτᾰ ắlēktă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́ληκτε ắlēkte |
ᾰ̓́ληκτον ắlēkton |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓λήκτω ălḗktō |
ᾰ̓́ληκτοι ắlēktoi |
ᾰ̓́ληκτᾰ ắlēktă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓λήκτως ălḗktōs |
ᾰ̓ληκτότερος ălēktóteros |
ᾰ̓ληκτότᾰτος ălēktótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀληκτώ (Alēktṓ)
References
- “ἄληκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press