ἅπας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἁ- (ha-, “together”) +‎ πᾶς (pâs, “all”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.paːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.pas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas/

Determiner

ᾰ̔́πᾱς • (hắpās) m (feminine ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ, neuter ᾰ̔́πᾰν); first/third declension

quite all, the whole (in the plural) all together
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.1
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.91
1. (with an adjective) all
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.616
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.116
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 35
  - 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 909
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 15.19
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 15.148
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 317B
2. (with an abstract substantive) all possible, absolute
  - 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 171
  - 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 6.23
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 39.1.7
  - 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 7.15.8
(after Homer, in the singular) everyone, (neuter) everything
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 108B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.153
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 312
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 807
- 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 528
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 241B
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.103
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, On Salaried Posts in Great Houses 41
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.185
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.49
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 2.56
- 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 493

Inflection

First and third declension of ᾰ̔́πᾱς; ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ; ᾰ̔́πᾰν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Genitive	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σης hăpā́sēs	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn	ᾰ̔πᾱσῶν hăpāsôn	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn
Dative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃ hăpā́sēi	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν hắpāsĭ(n)	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σαις hăpā́sais	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν hắpāsĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰν hắpāsăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰς hắpăntăs	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σᾱς hăpā́sās	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Vocative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and third declension of ᾰ̔́πᾱς; ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ; ᾰ̔́πᾰν (Epic)

Number	Singular			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Genitive	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σης hăpā́sēs	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn	ᾰ̔πᾱσᾱ́ων / ᾰ̔πᾱσέ͜ων / ᾰ̔πᾱσῶν hăpāsā́ōn / hăpāsé͜ōn / hăpāsôn	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn
Dative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃ hăpā́sēi	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσῐν hắpāsĭ(n) / hăpắntessĭ(n) / hăpắntesĭ(n)	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃσῐν / ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃς / ᾰ̔πᾱ́σαις hăpā́sēisĭ(n) / hăpā́sēis / hăpā́sais	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσσῐν / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντεσῐν hắpāsĭ(n) / hăpắntessĭ(n) / hăpắntesĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰν hắpāsăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰς hắpăntăs	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σᾱς hăpā́sās	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Vocative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First and third declension of ᾰ̔́πᾱς; ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ; ᾰ̔́πᾰν (Ionic)

Number	Singular			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Genitive	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σης hăpā́sēs	ᾰ̔́πᾰντος hắpăntos	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn	ᾰ̔πᾱσέων / ᾰ̔πᾱσῶν hăpāséōn / hăpāsôn	ᾰ̔πᾰ́ντων hăpắntōn
Dative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃ hăpā́sēi	ᾰ̔́πᾰντῐ hắpăntĭ	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν hắpāsĭ(n)	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃσῐ / ᾰ̔πᾱ́σῃσῐν hăpā́sēisĭ(n)	ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐ / ᾰ̔́πᾱσῐν hắpāsĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰν hắpāsăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰς hắpăntăs	ᾰ̔πᾱ́σᾱς hăpā́sās	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Vocative	ᾰ̔́πᾱς hắpās	ᾰ̔́πᾱσᾰ hắpāsă	ᾰ̔́πᾰν hắpăn	ᾰ̔́πᾰντες hắpăntes	ᾰ̔́πᾱσαι hắpāsai	ᾰ̔́πᾰντᾰ hắpăntă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

⇒ Greek: άπας (ápas)

References

“ἅπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἅπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἅπας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἅπας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἅπας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἅπας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἅπας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G537 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- all idem, page 22.
- entire idem, page 277.
- livelong idem, page 496.
- total idem, page 884.
- whole idem, page 977.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN