ἄσπονδος
See also: άσπονδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, not) + σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ás.pon.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.pon.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pon.dos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pon.dos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.pon.dos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́σπονδος • (ắspondos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́σπονδον); second declension
- without libation or drink-offering
- (of a god) to whom no drink-offering is poured
- without a regular truce, without making a truce
- admitting of no truce, implacable
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́σπονδος ắspondos |
ᾰ̓́σπονδον ắspondon |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓́σπονδοι ắspondoi |
ᾰ̓́σπονδᾰ ắspondă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓σπόνδου ăspóndou |
ᾰ̓σπόνδου ăspóndou |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοιν ăspóndoin |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοιν ăspóndoin |
ᾰ̓σπόνδων ăspóndōn |
ᾰ̓σπόνδων ăspóndōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓σπόνδῳ ăspóndōi |
ᾰ̓σπόνδῳ ăspóndōi |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοιν ăspóndoin |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοιν ăspóndoin |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοις ăspóndois |
ᾰ̓σπόνδοις ăspóndois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́σπονδον ắspondon |
ᾰ̓́σπονδον ắspondon |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓σπόνδους ăspóndous |
ᾰ̓́σπονδᾰ ắspondă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́σπονδε ắsponde |
ᾰ̓́σπονδον ắspondon |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓σπόνδω ăspóndō |
ᾰ̓́σπονδοι ắspondoi |
ᾰ̓́σπονδᾰ ắspondă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓σπόνδως ăspóndōs |
ᾰ̓σπονδότερος ăspondóteros |
ᾰ̓σπονδότᾰτος ăspondótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσπονδῐ́ᾱ (aspondĭ́ā)
Descendants
- Greek: άσπονδος (áspondos)
- → Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (unhunslags) (calque)
Further reading
- “ἄσπονδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄσπονδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄσπονδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσπονδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)