ληπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛːp.tós/ → /lipˈtos/ → /lipˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛːp.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝pˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lipˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lipˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lipˈtos/

Adjective

ληπτός • (lēptós) m (feminine ληπτή, neuter ληπτόν); first/second declension

1. apprehended, taken
   1. (later) apprehended by the senses, comprehended
   2. (Stoic philosophy) acceptable, not to be refused if offered

Inflection

First and second declension of ληπτός; ληπτή; ληπτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ληπτός lēptós	ληπτή lēptḗ	ληπτόν lēptón		ληπτώ lēptṓ	ληπτᾱ́ lēptā́	ληπτώ lēptṓ		ληπτοί lēptoí	ληπταί lēptaí	ληπτᾰ́ lēptá
Genitive		ληπτοῦ lēptoû	ληπτῆς lēptês	ληπτοῦ lēptoû		ληπτοῖν lēptoîn	ληπταῖν lēptaîn	ληπτοῖν lēptoîn		ληπτῶν lēptôn	ληπτῶν lēptôn	ληπτῶν lēptôn
Dative		ληπτῷ lēptôi	ληπτῇ lēptêi	ληπτῷ lēptôi		ληπτοῖν lēptoîn	ληπταῖν lēptaîn	ληπτοῖν lēptoîn		ληπτοῖς lēptoîs	ληπταῖς lēptaîs	ληπτοῖς lēptoîs
Accusative		ληπτόν lēptón	ληπτήν lēptḗn	ληπτόν lēptón		ληπτώ lēptṓ	ληπτᾱ́ lēptā́	ληπτώ lēptṓ		ληπτούς lēptoús	ληπτᾱ́ς lēptā́s	ληπτᾰ́ lēptá
Vocative		ληπτέ lēpté	ληπτή lēptḗ	ληπτόν lēptón		ληπτώ lēptṓ	ληπτᾱ́ lēptā́	ληπτώ lēptṓ		ληπτοί lēptoí	ληπταί lēptaí	ληπτᾰ́ lēptá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ληπτῶς lēptôs				ληπτότερος lēptóteros				ληπτότᾰτος lēptótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ληπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ληπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ληπτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette