ἄλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un”) +‎ λῠτός (lutós, “that may be untied, loosed or dissolved”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἄλῠτος • (álutos) m or f (neuter ἄλῠτον); second declension

1. that may not be untied, loosed or dissolved
2. (of arguments) not refutable, soluble

Inflection

Second declension of ἄλῠτος; ἄλῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλῠτος álutos	ἄλῠτον áluton		ἀλῠ́τω alútō	ἀλῠ́τω alútō		ἄλῠτοι álutoi	ἄλῠτᾰ áluta
Genitive		ἀλῠ́του alútou	ἀλῠ́του alútou		ἀλῠ́τοιν alútoin	ἀλῠ́τοιν alútoin		ἀλῠ́των alútōn	ἀλῠ́των alútōn
Dative		ἀλῠ́τῳ alútōi	ἀλῠ́τῳ alútōi		ἀλῠ́τοιν alútoin	ἀλῠ́τοιν alútoin		ἀλῠ́τοις alútois	ἀλῠ́τοις alútois
Accusative		ἄλῠτον áluton	ἄλῠτον áluton		ἀλῠ́τω alútō	ἀλῠ́τω alútō		ἀλῠ́τους alútous	ἄλῠτᾰ áluta
Vocative		ἄλῠτε álute	ἄλῠτον áluton		ἀλῠ́τω alútō	ἀλῠ́τω alútō		ἄλῠτοι álutoi	ἄλῠτᾰ áluta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀλῠ́τως alútōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄλυτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄλυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλυτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄλυτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄλυτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἄλυτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011