ἔκπυστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκπῠνθᾰ́νομαι (ekpŭnthắnomai) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ék.pys.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈek.pys.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈek.pis.tos/
Adjective
ἔκπῠστος • (ékpŭstos) m or f (neuter ἔκπῠστον); second declension
- heard of, discovered
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 3 30:
- ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ Μυτιλήνην πρὶν ἐκπύστους γενέσθαι
- emoì dokeî pleîn hēmâs epì Mutilḗnēn prìn ekpústous genésthai
- it seems best to me for us to sail to Mytilene before we are discovered
- ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ Μυτιλήνην πρὶν ἐκπύστους γενέσθαι
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἔκπῠστος ékpŭstos |
ἔκπῠστον ékpŭston |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἔκπῠστοι ékpŭstoi |
ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpŭstă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐκπῠ́στου ekpŭ́stou |
ἐκπῠ́στου ekpŭ́stou |
ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpŭ́stoin |
ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpŭ́stoin |
ἐκπῠ́στων ekpŭ́stōn |
ἐκπῠ́στων ekpŭ́stōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐκπῠ́στῳ ekpŭ́stōi |
ἐκπῠ́στῳ ekpŭ́stōi |
ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpŭ́stoin |
ἐκπῠ́στοιν ekpŭ́stoin |
ἐκπῠ́στοις ekpŭ́stois |
ἐκπῠ́στοις ekpŭ́stois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἔκπῠστον ékpŭston |
ἔκπῠστον ékpŭston |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἐκπῠ́στους ekpŭ́stous |
ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpŭstă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἔκπῠστε ékpŭste |
ἔκπῠστον ékpŭston |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἐκπῠ́στω ekpŭ́stō |
ἔκπῠστοι ékpŭstoi |
ἔκπῠστᾰ ékpŭstă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐκπῠ́στως ekpŭ́stōs |
ἐκπῠστότερος ekpŭstóteros |
ἐκπῠστότᾰτος ekpŭstótătos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “ἔκπυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔκπυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers