ἀκάθαρτος

See also: ακάθαρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ καθαίρω (kathaírō, “to cleanse”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ká.tʰar.tos/ → /aˈka.θar.tos/ → /aˈka.θar.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ká.tʰar.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈka.tʰar.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈka.θar.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈka.θar.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈka.θar.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτος • (ăkắthărtos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον); second declension

1. foul, unclean
2. (figuratively) impure
3. not fit for cleansing

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτος; ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτος ăkắthărtos	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον ăkắthărton		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō		ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτοι ăkắthărtoi	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτᾰ ăkắthărtă
Genitive		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτου ăkăthắrtou	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτου ăkăthắrtou		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοιν ăkăthắrtoin	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοιν ăkăthắrtoin		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτων ăkăthắrtōn	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτων ăkăthắrtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτῳ ăkăthắrtōi	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτῳ ăkăthắrtōi		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοιν ăkăthắrtoin	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοιν ăkăthắrtoin		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοις ăkăthắrtois	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτοις ăkăthắrtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον ăkắthărton	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον ăkắthărton		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτους ăkăthắrtous	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτᾰ ăkắthărtă
Vocative		ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτε ăkắthărte	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτον ăkắthărton		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō	ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτω ăkăthắrtō		ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτοι ăkắthărtoi	ᾰ̓κᾰ́θᾰρτᾰ ăkắthărtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰ́ρτως ăkăthắrtōs			ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰρτότερος ăkăthărtóteros			ᾰ̓κᾰθᾰρτότᾰτος ăkăthărtótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκάθαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκάθαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκάθαρτος 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
• ἀκάθαρτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G169 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.
  • filthy idem, page 320.
  • immoral idem, page 418.
  • impure idem, page 425.
  • indecent idem, page 431.
  • obscene idem, page 566.
  • polluted idem, page 625.
  • prurient idem, page 655.
  • unatoned idem, page 907.
  • unchaste idem, page 909.
  • unclean idem, page 909.
  • unexpiated idem, page 917.
  • unhallowed idem, page 920.
  • unpurified idem, page 928.