ἀλαπαδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *alp- (“weak, small”); cognate with Hittite [script needed] (alpant-, “ill, weak”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.pa.dnós/ → /a.la.paˈðnos/ → /a.la.paˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.pa.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.la.paˈðnos/

Adjective

ἀλᾰπαδνός • (alapadnós) m (feminine ἀλᾰπαδνή, neuter ἀλᾰπαδνόν); first/second declension

1. easily exhausted, i.e. powerless, feeble

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνός; ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνή; ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνός alapadnós	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνή alapadnḗ	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνόν alapadnón		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοί alapadnoí	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδναί alapadnaí	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾰ́ alapadná
Genitive		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῦ alapadnoû	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῆς alapadnês	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῦ alapadnoû		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖν alapadnoîn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδναῖν alapadnaîn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖν alapadnoîn		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῶν alapadnôn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῶν alapadnôn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῶν alapadnôn
Dative		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῷ alapadnôi	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῇ alapadnêi	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῷ alapadnôi		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖν alapadnoîn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδναῖν alapadnaîn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖν alapadnoîn		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖς alapadnoîs	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδναῖς alapadnaîs	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοῖς alapadnoîs
Accusative		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνόν alapadnón	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνήν alapadnḗn	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνόν alapadnón		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνούς alapadnoús	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾱ́ς alapadnā́s	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾰ́ alapadná
Vocative		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνέ alapadné	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνή alapadnḗ	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνόν alapadnón		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾱ́ alapadnā́	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνώ alapadnṓ		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνοί alapadnoí	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδναί alapadnaí	ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνᾰ́ alapadná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνῶς alapadnôs				ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνότερος alapadnóteros				ἀ̆λᾰπᾰδνότᾰτος alapadnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λαπαδνός (lapadnós)
• ἀλαπάζω (alapázō, “I plunder, destroy”)
• ἀλαπαδνοσύνη (alapadnosúnē, “feebleness”)
• λαπάσσω (lapássō, “I empty, soften, sack a town”)
• λαπαρός (laparós, “slack, loose”)

Further reading

• “ἀλαπαδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλαπαδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀλαπαδνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλαπαδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαπαδνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀλαπαδνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag