ληπτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛːp.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝pˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lipˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lipˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lipˈtos/
Adjective
ληπτός • (lēptós) m (feminine ληπτή, neuter ληπτόν); first/second declension
- apprehended, taken
- (later) apprehended by the senses, comprehended
- (Stoic philosophy) acceptable, not to be refused if offered
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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