ἀδιάφορος

See also: αδιάφορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ διάφορος (diáphoros)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.di.á.pʰo.ros/ → /a.ðiˈa.ɸo.ros/ → /a.ðiˈa.fo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.di.á.pʰo.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.diˈa.pʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ðiˈa.ɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ðiˈa.fo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ðiˈa.fo.ros/

Adjective

ἀδῐάφορος • (adiáphoros) m or f (neuter ἀδῐάφορον); second declension

1. not different, indistinguishable
2. indifferent

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορος; ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορος adiáphoros	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορον adiáphoron		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō		ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φοροι adiáphoroi	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορᾰ adiáphora
Genitive		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρου adiaphórou	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρου adiaphórou		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροιν adiaphóroin	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροιν adiaphóroin		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρων adiaphórōn	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρων adiaphórōn
Dative		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρῳ adiaphórōi	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρῳ adiaphórōi		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροιν adiaphóroin	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροιν adiaphóroin		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροις adiaphórois	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόροις adiaphórois
Accusative		ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορον adiáphoron	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορον adiáphoron		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρους adiaphórous	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορᾰ adiáphora
Vocative		ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορε adiáphore	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορον adiáphoron		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō	ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρω adiaphórō		ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φοροι adiáphoroi	ἀ̆δῐᾰ́φορᾰ adiáphora
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆δῐᾰφόρως adiaphórōs			ἀ̆δῐᾰφορώτερος adiaphorṓteros			ἀ̆δῐᾰφορώτᾰτος adiaphorṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀδιαφορίᾱ

Descendants

• Greek: αδιάφορος (adiáforos)
• → English: adiaphorous, adiaphoron
• → Indonesian: adiafora
• → Latin: adiaphoros
• → Polish: adiafora

Further reading

• ἀδιάφορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀδιάφορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀδιάφορος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀδιάφορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press