ἀδάπανος

See also: αδάπανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ δαπάνη (dapánē, “expense”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.dá.pa.nos/ → /aˈða.pa.nos/ → /aˈða.pa.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.dá.pa.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈda.pa.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈða.pa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈða.pa.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈða.pa.nos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνος • (ădắpănos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον); second declension

1. gratuitous, free of charge

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνος; ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνος ădắpănos	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον ădắpănon		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō		ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνοι ădắpănoi	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνᾰ ădắpănă
Genitive		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νου ădăpắnou	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νου ădăpắnou		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοιν ădăpắnoin	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοιν ădăpắnoin		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νων ădăpắnōn	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νων ădăpắnōn
Dative		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νῳ ădăpắnōi	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νῳ ădăpắnōi		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοιν ădăpắnoin	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοιν ădăpắnoin		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοις ădăpắnois	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νοις ădăpắnois
Accusative		ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον ădắpănon	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον ădắpănon		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νους ădăpắnous	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνᾰ ădắpănă
Vocative		ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνε ădắpăne	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνον ădắpănon		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō	ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νω ădăpắnō		ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνοι ădắpănoi	ᾰ̓δᾰ́πᾰνᾰ ădắpănă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰ́νως ădăpắnōs			ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰνώτερος ădăpănṓteros			ᾰ̓δᾰπᾰνώτᾰτος ădăpănṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αδάπανος (adápanos)

Further reading

• “ἀδάπανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀδάπανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀδάπανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀδάπανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G77 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.
  • cheap idem, page 127.
  • cost idem, page 176.
  • free idem, page 343.