ἄπαστον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀπασιτόν (apasitón)

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from ἄπαστος (ápastos, “fasting”). Otherwise, maybe of Semitic origin, compare Arabic حَبَّسَ (ḥabbasa, “to imprison”), Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš, “to bind, tie”) and Safaitic [script needed] (ḥabīsat, “enclosure”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pas.ton/

Noun

ἄπαστον • (ápaston) n (genitive ἀπάστου); second declension

1. (hapax) prison

   Synonym: δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:

     ἄπαστον· δεσμωτήριον

     ápaston; desmōtḗrion

     ápaston: prison

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἄπαστον; τοῦ ἀπάστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston	τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō	τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀπάστου toû apástou	τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin	τῶν ἀπάστων tôn apástōn
Dative	τῷ ἀπάστῳ tôi apástōi	τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin	τοῖς ἀπάστοις toîs apástois
Accusative	τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston	τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō	τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta
Vocative	ἄπαστον ápaston	ἀπάστω apástō	ἄπαστᾰ ápasta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄπαστος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀπασιτόν”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α