ἄσπετος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-skʷ-e-tos, from *n̥- (“un-”) (ἀ- (a-)) + *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ás.pe.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.pe.tos/
Adjective
ἄσπετος • (áspetos) m or f (neuter ἄσπετον); second declension (Epic)
- inexpressible
- (especially) inexpressibly great, vast
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄσπετος áspetos |
ἄσπετον áspeton |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἄσπετοι áspetoi |
ἄσπετᾰ áspeta | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo |
ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo |
ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin |
ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin |
ἀσπέτων aspétōn |
ἀσπέτων aspétōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀσπέτῳ aspétōi |
ἀσπέτῳ aspétōi |
ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin |
ἀσπέτοιῐν aspétoiin |
ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις aspétoisi(n) / aspétois |
ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις aspétoisi(n) / aspétois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄσπετον áspeton |
ἄσπετον áspeton |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἀσπέτους aspétous |
ἄσπετᾰ áspeta | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄσπετε áspete |
ἄσπετον áspeton |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἀσπέτω aspétō |
ἄσπετοι áspetoi |
ἄσπετᾰ áspeta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀσπέτως aspétōs |
ἀσπετώτερος aspetṓteros |
ἀσπετώτᾰτος aspetṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄσπετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσπετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἄσπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- vast idem, page 945.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἀ-
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Epic Greek