θέσφατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *tʰés-pʰatos; equivalent to θέσ- (thés-, “god”) +‎ φατός (phatós, “spoken”, from φημί (phēmí) "to speak"); compare θέσκελος (théskelos), θεσπέσιος (thespésios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰés.pʰa.tos/ → /ˈθes.ɸa.tos/ → /ˈθes.fa.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰés.pʰa.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰes.pʰa.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.ɸa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.fa.tos/

Adjective

θέσφᾰτος • (thésphătos) m or f (neuter θέσφᾰτον); second declension (Attic)

1. divinely ordained or decreed
2. (by extension) amazing, wondrous, powerful

Declension

Second declension of θέσφᾰτος; θέσφᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θέσφᾰτος thésphătos	θέσφᾰτον thésphăton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō		θέσφᾰτοι thésphătoi	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă
Genitive		θεσφᾰ́του thesphắtou	θεσφᾰ́του thesphắtou		θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin	θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin		θεσφᾰ́των thesphắtōn	θεσφᾰ́των thesphắtōn
Dative		θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphắtōi	θεσφᾰ́τῳ thesphắtōi		θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin	θεσφᾰ́τοιν thesphắtoin		θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphắtois	θεσφᾰ́τοις thesphắtois
Accusative		θέσφᾰτον thésphăton	θέσφᾰτον thésphăton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō		θεσφᾰ́τους thesphắtous	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă
Vocative		θέσφᾰτε thésphăte	θέσφᾰτον thésphăton		θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō	θεσφᾰ́τω thesphắtō		θέσφᾰτοι thésphătoi	θέσφᾰτᾰ thésphătă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεσφᾰ́τως thesphắtōs			θεσφᾰτώτερος thesphătṓteros			θεσφᾰτώτᾰτος thesphătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀθέσφατος (athésphatos)
• θέσφατα (thésphata)

Descendants

• →⇒ Greek: θέσφατο (thésfato)

References

• “θέσφατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press