ἀήθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ ἦθος (êthos, “custom, character”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tʰɛːs/ → /aˈi.θis/ → /aˈi.θis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈe̝.tʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θis/

Adjective

ἀήθης • (aḗthēs) m or f (neuter ἄηθες); third declension

1. unwonted, unusual, strange, unexpectedly (as adverb)
2. (of persons) not used to a thing
   1. lacking character

Inflection

Third declension of ἀήθης; ἄηθες (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀήθης aḗthēs	ἄηθες áēthes		ἀήθει aḗthei	ἀήθει aḗthei		ἀήθεις aḗtheis	ἀήθη aḗthē
Genitive		ἀήθους aḗthous	ἀήθους aḗthous		ἀήθοιν aḗthoin	ἀήθοιν aḗthoin		ἀήθων aḗthōn	ἀήθων aḗthōn
Dative		ἀήθει aḗthei	ἀήθει aḗthei		ἀήθοιν aḗthoin	ἀήθοιν aḗthoin		ἀήθεσῐ / ἀήθεσῐν aḗthesi(n)	ἀήθεσῐ / ἀήθεσῐν aḗthesi(n)
Accusative		ἀήθη aḗthē	ἄηθες áēthes		ἀήθει aḗthei	ἀήθει aḗthei		ἀήθεις aḗtheis	ἀήθη aḗthē
Vocative		ἄηθες áēthes	ἄηθες áēthes		ἀήθει aḗthei	ἀήθει aḗthei		ἀήθεις aḗtheis	ἀήθη aḗthē
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀήθως aḗthōs			ἀηθέστερος aēthésteros			ἀηθέστᾰτος aēthéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀήθειᾰ (aḗtheia)
• ἀηθέσσω (aēthéssō)
• ἀηθέω (aēthéō)

 

References

• “ἀήθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀήθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀήθης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀήθης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • exceptional idem, page 288.
  • inexperienced idem, page 436.
  • new idem, page 556.
  • strange idem, page 823.
  • unaccustomed idem, page 906.
  • uncommon idem, page 910.
  • unfamiliar idem, page 917.
  • unknown idem, page 923.
  • unused idem, page 935.
  • unusual idem, page 935.
  • unversed in idem, page 936.
  • unwonted idem, page 937.