ἀνάπαιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναπαίω (anapaíō, “strike again, strike back”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.pai̯s.tos/ → /aˈna.pɛs.tos/ → /aˈna.pes.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.pai̯s.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.pɛs.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.pɛs.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.pes.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.pes.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστος • (anápaistos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον); second declension

1. struck back, rebounding
   1. (substantive)
      1. anapest, antidactylus, reversed dactyl, dactyl repercussus
      2. an anapaestic verse, parabasis; satire, ridicule

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστος; ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστος anápaistos	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον anápaiston		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō		ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστοι anápaistoi	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστᾰ anápaista
Genitive		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστου anapaístou	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστου anapaístou		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοιν anapaístoin	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοιν anapaístoin		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστων anapaístōn	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστων anapaístōn
Dative		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστῳ anapaístōi	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστῳ anapaístōi		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοιν anapaístoin	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοιν anapaístoin		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοις anapaístois	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστοις anapaístois
Accusative		ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον anápaiston	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον anápaiston		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστους anapaístous	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστᾰ anápaista
Vocative		ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστε anápaiste	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστον anápaiston		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō	ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστω anapaístō		ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστοι anápaistoi	ᾰ̓νᾰ́παιστᾰ anápaista
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓νᾰπαίστως anapaístōs			ᾰ̓νᾰπαιστότερος anapaistóteros			ᾰ̓νᾰπαιστότᾰτος anapaistótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀναπαιστικός (anapaistikós)

Descendants

• Greek: ανάπαιστος (anápaistos)
• → Latin: anapaestus
  • → French: anapeste
• → Russian: ана́пест f (anápest)

Further reading

• “ἀνάπαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνάπαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνάπαιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάπαιστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)