ἄπαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) +‎ πατέομαι (patéomai, “to eat”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́πᾰστος • (ápastos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́πᾰστον); second declension

1. unfed, fasting
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.345–346:

     οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι / οἴχονται μετὰ δεῖπνον, ὃ δ’ ἄκμηνος καὶ ἄπαστος.

     hoì dè dḕ álloi / oíkhontai metà deîpnon, hò d’ ákmēnos kaì ápastos.

     The others / have now dispersed after dinner, but he is untended and unfed.

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́πᾰστος; ᾰ̓́πᾰστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστος ápastos	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō		ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ápastoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Genitive		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου apástou	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου apástou		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων apástōn	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων apástōn
Dative		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ apástōi	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ apástōi		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις apástois	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις apástois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στους apástous	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Vocative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστε ápaste	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō		ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ápastoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στως apástōs			ᾰ̓πᾰστότερος apastóteros			ᾰ̓πᾰστότᾰτος apastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (maybe) ἄπαστον (ápaston, “prison”)

References

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