ἄπτερος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + πτερόν (pterón) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /áp.te.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈap.te.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈap.te.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈap.te.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈap.te.ros/
Adjective
ἄπτερος • (ápteros) m or f (neuter ἄπτερον); second declension
- wingless, unwinged
- featherless, unfeathered
- unfledged, callow (of young birds)
- (figurative) unconfirmed (of a report or claim)
- (Byzantine) fast, quick
- (Byzantine, nominalized, neuter) bat (mammal)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄπτερος ápteros |
ἄπτερον ápteron |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἄπτεροι ápteroi |
ἄπτερᾰ ápteră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀπτέρου aptérou |
ἀπτέρου aptérou |
ἀπτέροιν aptéroin |
ἀπτέροιν aptéroin |
ἀπτέρων aptérōn |
ἀπτέρων aptérōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀπτέρῳ aptérōi |
ἀπτέρῳ aptérōi |
ἀπτέροιν aptéroin |
ἀπτέροιν aptéroin |
ἀπτέροις aptérois |
ἀπτέροις aptérois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄπτερον ápteron |
ἄπτερον ápteron |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἀπτέρους aptérous |
ἄπτερᾰ ápteră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄπτερε áptere |
ἄπτερον ápteron |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἀπτέρω aptérō |
ἄπτεροι ápteroi |
ἄπτερᾰ ápteră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀπτέρως aptérōs |
ἀπτερώτερος apterṓteros |
ἀπτερώτᾰτος apterṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἀπτέρυγος (aptérugos)
- ἀπτέρωτος (aptérōtos)
Descendants
- →⇒ English: apteran, apterium, apterous, aptery
- → French: aptère
- → Italian: attero
- → Translingual: Aptera
Further reading
- “ἄπτερος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄπτερος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄπτερος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄπτερος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἄπτερος 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
- ἄπτερος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἄπτερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- callow idem, page 109.
- featherless idem, page 313.
- unfeathered idem, page 918.
- unfledged idem, page 918.
- unwinged idem, page 937.
- wingless idem, page 981.