ἀκάματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ κάματος (kámatos)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

With first syllable lengthened for metrical purposes:

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.ká.ma.tos/ → /aˈka.ma.tos/ → /aˈka.ma.tos/

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

Adjective

ἀκάμᾰτος • (akámatos) m or f (neuter ἀκάμᾰτον); second declension

1. tireless, indefatigable

   Synonym: ἀκάμᾱς (akámās)

Declension

Second declension of ἀκάμᾰτος; ἀκάμᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκάμᾰτος akámatos	ἀκάμᾰτον akámaton		ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō	ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō		ἀκάμᾰτοι akámatoi	ἀκάμᾰτᾰ akámata
Genitive		ἀκαμᾰ́του akamátou	ἀκαμᾰ́του akamátou		ἀκαμᾰ́τοιν akamátoin	ἀκαμᾰ́τοιν akamátoin		ἀκαμᾰ́των akamátōn	ἀκαμᾰ́των akamátōn
Dative		ἀκαμᾰ́τῳ akamátōi	ἀκαμᾰ́τῳ akamátōi		ἀκαμᾰ́τοιν akamátoin	ἀκαμᾰ́τοιν akamátoin		ἀκαμᾰ́τοις akamátois	ἀκαμᾰ́τοις akamátois
Accusative		ἀκάμᾰτον akámaton	ἀκάμᾰτον akámaton		ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō	ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō		ἀκαμᾰ́τους akamátous	ἀκάμᾰτᾰ akámata
Vocative		ἀκάμᾰτε akámate	ἀκάμᾰτον akámaton		ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō	ἀκαμᾰ́τω akamátō		ἀκάμᾰτοι akámatoi	ἀκάμᾰτᾰ akámata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκαμᾰ́τως akamátōs			ἀκαμᾰτώτερος akamatṓteros			ἀκαμᾰτώτᾰτος akamatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ακάματος (akámatos)

Further reading

• “ἀκάματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκάματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκάματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀκάματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • tireless idem, page 878.
  • untiring idem, page 934.
  • unwearied idem, page 936.