ἄλαστος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄληστος (álēstos)

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ λαθ- (lath-) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.las.tos/ → /ˈa.las.tos/ → /ˈa.las.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.las.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.las.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.las.tos/

Adjective

ἄλαστος • (álastos) m or f (neuter ἄλαστον); second declension

1. insufferable, accursed
2. unceasing, incessant

Declension

Second declension of ἄλᾰστος; ἄλᾰστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλᾰστος álastos	ἄλᾰστον álaston		ἀλᾰ́στω alástō	ἀλᾰ́στω alástō		ἄλᾰστοι álastoi	ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta
Genitive		ἀλᾰ́στου alástou	ἀλᾰ́στου alástou		ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin	ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin		ἀλᾰ́στων alástōn	ἀλᾰ́στων alástōn
Dative		ἀλᾰ́στῳ alástōi	ἀλᾰ́στῳ alástōi		ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin	ἀλᾰ́στοιν alástoin		ἀλᾰ́στοις alástois	ἀλᾰ́στοις alástois
Accusative		ἄλᾰστον álaston	ἄλᾰστον álaston		ἀλᾰ́στω alástō	ἀλᾰ́στω alástō		ἀλᾰ́στους alástous	ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta
Vocative		ἄλᾰστε álaste	ἄλᾰστον álaston		ἀλᾰ́στω alástō	ἀλᾰ́στω alástō		ἄλᾰστοι álastoi	ἄλᾰστᾰ álasta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀλᾰ́στως alástōs			ἀλᾰστότερος alastóteros			ἀλᾰστότᾰτος alastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλάστωρ (alástōr)

Further reading

• “ἄλαστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄλαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλαστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄλαστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἄλαστος 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
• “ἄλαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press