ἄπαστον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀπασιτόν (apasitón)

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from ἄπαστος (ápastos, “fasting”). Otherwise, maybe of Semitic origin, compare Arabic حَبَّسَ (ḥabbasa, “to imprison”), Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš, “to bind, tie”) and Safaitic [script needed] (ḥabīsat, “enclosure”).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/

Noun

ἄπαστον • (ápaston) n (genitive ἀπάστου); second declension

(hapax legomenon) prison
Synonym: δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion)
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
  ἄπαστον· δεσμωτήριον
  ápaston; desmōtḗrion
  ápaston: prison]

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἄπαστον; τοῦ ἀπάστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston	τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō	τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tằ ápastă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀπάστου toû apástou	τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin	τῶν ἀπάστων tôn apástōn
Dative	τῷ ἀπάστῳ tōî apástōi	τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin	τοῖς ἀπάστοις toîs apástois
Accusative	τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston	τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō	τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tằ ápastă
Vocative	ἄπαστον ápaston	ἀπάστω apástō	ἄπαστᾰ ápastă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.