ἀβαρής

See also: αβαρής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ βάρος (báros, “weight”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.rɛ̌ːs/ → /a.βaˈris/ → /a.vaˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ba.rɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.baˈre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈris/

Adjective

ἀβαρής • (abarḗs) m or f (neuter ἀβαρές); third declension

1. without weight, weightless
2. not burdensome

   Antonym: βαρύς (barús)

Declension

Third declension of ἀβαρής; ἀβαρές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀβαρής abarḗs	ἀβαρές abarés		ἀβαρεῖ abareî	ἀβαρεῖ abareî		ἀβαρεῖς abareîs	ἀβαρῆ abarê
Genitive		ἀβαροῦς abaroûs	ἀβαροῦς abaroûs		ἀβαροῖν abaroîn	ἀβαροῖν abaroîn		ἀβαρῶν abarôn	ἀβαρῶν abarôn
Dative		ἀβαρεῖ abareî	ἀβαρεῖ abareî		ἀβαροῖν abaroîn	ἀβαροῖν abaroîn		ἀβαρέσῐ / ἀβαρέσῐν abarési(n)	ἀβαρέσῐ / ἀβαρέσῐν abarési(n)
Accusative		ἀβαρῆ abarê	ἀβαρές abarés		ἀβαρεῖ abareî	ἀβαρεῖ abareî		ἀβαρεῖς abareîs	ἀβαρῆ abarê
Vocative		ἀβαρές abarés	ἀβαρές abarés		ἀβαρεῖ abareî	ἀβαρεῖ abareî		ἀβαρεῖς abareîs	ἀβαρῆ abarê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀβαρῶς abarôs			ἀβαρέστερος abarésteros			ἀβαρέστᾰτος abaréstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αβαρής (avarís)

Further reading

• “ἀβαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀβαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀβαρής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀβαρής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G4 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀβαρής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften