ἄλυπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ λῡ́πη (lū́pē, “pain”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.lyː.pos/ → /ˈa.ly.pos/ → /ˈa.li.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.lyː.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ly.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ly.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ly.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.pos/

Adjective

ἄλῡπος • (álūpos) m or f (neuter ἄλῡπον); second declension

1. without pain, painless
2. causing no pain or grief

Declension

Second declension of ἄλῡπος; ἄλῡπον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλῡπος álūpos		ἄλῡπον álūpon		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἄλῡποι álūpoi		ἄλῡπᾰ álūpă
Genitive		ἀλῡ́που alū́pou		ἀλῡ́που alū́pou		ἀλῡ́ποιν alū́poin		ἀλῡ́ποιν alū́poin		ἀλῡ́πων alū́pōn		ἀλῡ́πων alū́pōn
Dative		ἀλῡ́πῳ alū́pōi		ἀλῡ́πῳ alū́pōi		ἀλῡ́ποιν alū́poin		ἀλῡ́ποιν alū́poin		ἀλῡ́ποις alū́pois		ἀλῡ́ποις alū́pois
Accusative		ἄλῡπον álūpon		ἄλῡπον álūpon		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἀλῡ́πους alū́pous		ἄλῡπᾰ álūpă
Vocative		ἄλῡπε álūpe		ἄλῡπον álūpon		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἀλῡ́πω alū́pō		ἄλῡποι álūpoi		ἄλῡπᾰ álūpă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀλῡ́πως alū́pōs				ἀλῡπότερος alūpóteros				ἀλῡπότᾰτος alūpótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλῡπέω (alūpéō)
• ἀλῡ́πητος (alū́pētos)
• ἀλῡπῐ́ᾱ (alūpĭ́ā)
• ἀλῡπῐᾰ́ς (alūpĭắs)
• ἄλῡπον (álūpon)

Further reading

• “ἄλυπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλυπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄλυπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλυπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)