ἄπνοος
See also: άπνοος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄπνους (ápnous) — contracted
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pno.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pno.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pno.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pno.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.pno.os/
Adjective
ἄπνοος • (ápnoos) m or f (neuter ἄπνοον); second declension
- without wind, with but little air
- unventilated, lacking ventilation
- breathless, gasping
- lifeless, dead
- without breathing or respiration
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄπνοος ápnoos |
ἄπνοον ápnoon |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἄπνοοι ápnooi |
ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀπνόου apnóou |
ἀπνόου apnóou |
ἀπνόοιν apnóoin |
ἀπνόοιν apnóoin |
ἀπνόων apnóōn |
ἀπνόων apnóōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀπνόῳ apnóōi |
ἀπνόῳ apnóōi |
ἀπνόοιν apnóoin |
ἀπνόοιν apnóoin |
ἀπνόοις apnóois |
ἀπνόοις apnóois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄπνοον ápnoon |
ἄπνοον ápnoon |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἀπνόους apnóous |
ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄπνοε ápnoe |
ἄπνοον ápnoon |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἀπνόω apnóō |
ἄπνοοι ápnooi |
ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă | ||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀπνοέω (apnoéō)
- ἄπνοιᾰ (ápnoiă)
Descendants
- → Greek: άπνοος (ápnoos) (learned)
Further reading
- ἄπνοος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἄπνοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄπνοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄπνοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄπνοος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)