ἀδηλότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́δηλος (ắdēlos, “not manifest”) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dɛː.ló.tɛːs/ → /ˈa.ðiˈlo.tis/ → /ˈa.ðiˈlo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dɛː.ló.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.de̝ˈlo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðiˈlo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðiˈlo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðiˈlo.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓δηλότης • (ădēlótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓δηλότητος); third declension

1. uncertainty

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓δηλότης; τῆς ᾰ̓δηλότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓δηλότης hē ădēlótēs	τὼ ᾰ̓δηλότητε tṑ ădēlótēte	αἱ ᾰ̓δηλότητες hai ădēlótētes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓δηλότητος tês ădēlótētos	τοῖν ᾰ̓δηλοτήτοιν toîn ădēlotḗtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓δηλοτήτων tôn ădēlotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓δηλότητῐ têi ădēlótētĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓δηλοτήτοιν toîn ădēlotḗtoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓δηλότησῐ / ᾰ̓δηλότησῐν taîs ădēlótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓δηλότητᾰ tḕn ădēlótētă	τὼ ᾰ̓δηλότητε tṑ ădēlótēte	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δηλότητᾰς tā̀s ădēlótētăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓δηλότης ădēlótēs	ᾰ̓δηλότητε ădēlótēte	ᾰ̓δηλότητες ădēlótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Further reading

• “ἀδηλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀδηλότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀδηλότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G83 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible