ἀγράμματος

See also: αγράμματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡrám.ma.tos/ → /aˈɣram.ma.tos/ → /aˈɣra.ma.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡrám.ma.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡram.ma.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣram.ma.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣram.ma.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣra.ma.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτος • (agrámmatos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον); second declension

1. without learning, unlettered, illiterate

   Antonym: ἐγγράμματος (engrámmatos)

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.2.20
   • 400 BCE – 200 BCE, Damoxenus, Collected Works 2.12
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 236
   • Palatine Anthology 11.154
   • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 1.99
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 23A
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.195
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 2.9.10
2. Synonym of ἄγραπτος (ágraptos)
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 295A
3. (of animals) unable to utter articulate sounds
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 488A.33
   1. (of sounds) inarticulate
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Interpretation 16A.29
      • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 3.107
      • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 3.3
      • 550 CE – 650 CE, Eustratios of Constantinople, In Analyticorum Posteriorum Librum Secundum Commentarium 102.19
      • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Poems 2
      • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, Fragments 47.22

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτος; ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτος agrámmatos	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον agrámmaton		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτοι agrámmatoi	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ agrámmata
Genitive		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́του agrammátou	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́του agrammátou		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν agrammátoin	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν agrammátoin		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́των agrammátōn	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́των agrammátōn
Dative		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τῳ agrammátōi	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τῳ agrammátōi		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν agrammátoin	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν agrammátoin		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοις agrammátois	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τοις agrammátois
Accusative		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον agrámmaton	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον agrámmaton		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τους agrammátous	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ agrámmata
Vocative		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτε agrámmate	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτον agrámmaton		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō	ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τω agrammátō		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτοι agrámmatoi	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ agrámmata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰ́τως agrammátōs			ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰτώτερος agrammatṓteros			ᾰ̓γρᾰμμᾰτώτᾰτος agrammatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αγράμματος (agrámmatos)

Further reading

• “ἀγράμματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγράμματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγράμματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγράμματος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G62 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boorish idem, page 89.
  • gross idem, page 374.
  • ignoramus idem, page 414.
  • illiterate idem, page 416.
  • uneducated idem, page 916.
  • uninstructed idem, page 922.
  • unlearned idem, page 924.
  • unlettered idem, page 924.
  • unpolished idem, page 927.
  • untutored idem, page 935.
  • vulgar idem, page 958.