ἀρατός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾱ̓ρητός (ārētós) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀράομαι (aráomai, “to pray”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.raː.tós/ → /a.raˈtos/ → /a.raˈtos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓ρᾱτός • (arātós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρᾱτή, neuter ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν); first/second declension

1. prayed against, hence accursed
2. prayed for, hence desirable

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ρᾱτός; ᾰ̓ρᾱτή; ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ρᾱτός arātós	ᾰ̓ρᾱτή arātḗ	ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν arātón		ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾱ́ arātā́	ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοί arātoí	ᾰ̓ρᾱταί arātaí	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾰ́ arātá
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῦ arātoû	ᾰ̓ρᾱτῆς arātês	ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῦ arātoû		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖν arātoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾱταῖν arātaîn	ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖν arātoîn		ᾰ̓ρᾱτῶν arātôn	ᾰ̓ρᾱτῶν arātôn	ᾰ̓ρᾱτῶν arātôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρᾱτῷ arātôi	ᾰ̓ρᾱτῇ arātêi	ᾰ̓ρᾱτῷ arātôi		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖν arātoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾱταῖν arātaîn	ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖν arātoîn		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖς arātoîs	ᾰ̓ρᾱταῖς arātaîs	ᾰ̓ρᾱτοῖς arātoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν arātón	ᾰ̓ρᾱτήν arātḗn	ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν arātón		ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾱ́ arātā́	ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ		ᾰ̓ρᾱτούς arātoús	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾱ́ς arātā́s	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾰ́ arātá
Vocative		ᾰ̓ρᾱτέ arāté	ᾰ̓ρᾱτή arātḗ	ᾰ̓ρᾱτόν arātón		ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾱ́ arātā́	ᾰ̓ρᾱτώ arātṓ		ᾰ̓ρᾱτοί arātoí	ᾰ̓ρᾱταί arātaí	ᾰ̓ρᾱτᾰ́ arātá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρᾱτῶς arātôs				ᾰ̓ρᾱτότερος arātóteros				ᾰ̓ρᾱτότᾰτος arātótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἄρᾱτος (Árātos)
• Δημάρᾱτος (Dēmárātos)
• Ἡγησάρᾱτος (Hēgēsárātos)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: άρατος (áratos, “vanished”)

Further reading

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