ἄπους
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.puːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.pus/
Adjective
ἄπους • (ápous) m or f (neuter ἄπουν); third declension
- without feet, footless
- without the use of one's feet, lame
- (in masculine, substantive) swift, Apus apus
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄπους ápous |
ἄπουν ápoun |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδες ápodes |
ἄποδᾰ ápoda | ||||||||
Genitive | ἄποδος ápodos |
ἄποδος ápodos |
ἀπόδοιν apódoin |
ἀπόδοιν apódoin |
ἀπόδων apódōn |
ἀπόδων apódōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἄποδῐ ápodi |
ἄποδῐ ápodi |
ἀπόδοιν apódoin |
ἀπόδοιν apódoin |
ἄποσῐ / ἄποσῐν áposi(n) |
ἄποσῐ / ἄποσῐν áposi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄπουν ápoun |
ἄπουν ápoun |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδᾰς ápodas |
ἄποδᾰ ápoda | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄπους ápous |
ἄπουν ápoun |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδε ápode |
ἄποδες ápodes |
ἄποδᾰ ápoda | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀπόδως apódōs |
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Synonyms
- (swift): κύψελος (kúpselos)
Descendants
References
- “ἄπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.