ἀλαός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Presumably from λάω (láō, “to see”), although a privative formation should have barytone accentuation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.ós/ → /a.laˈos/ → /a.laˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓λαός • (ălaós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λαόν); second declension

1. blind

   Synonym: τυφλός (tuphlós)

2. invisible, imperceptible

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓λαός; ᾰ̓λαόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓λαός ălaós	ᾰ̓λαόν ălaón		ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ		ᾰ̓λαοί ălaoí	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ ălaắ
Genitive		ᾰ̓λαοῦ ălaoû	ᾰ̓λαοῦ ălaoû		ᾰ̓λαοῖν ălaoîn	ᾰ̓λαοῖν ălaoîn		ᾰ̓λαῶν ălaôn	ᾰ̓λαῶν ălaôn
Dative		ᾰ̓λαῷ ălaôi	ᾰ̓λαῷ ălaôi		ᾰ̓λαοῖν ălaoîn	ᾰ̓λαοῖν ălaoîn		ᾰ̓λαοῖς ălaoîs	ᾰ̓λαοῖς ălaoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓λαόν ălaón	ᾰ̓λαόν ălaón		ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ		ᾰ̓λαούς ălaoús	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ ălaắ
Vocative		ᾰ̓λαέ ălaé	ᾰ̓λαόν ălaón		ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ ălaṓ		ᾰ̓λαοί ălaoí	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ ălaắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓λαῶς ălaôs			ᾰ̓λαότερος ălaóteros			ᾰ̓λαότᾰτος ălaótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλαοσκοπιή (alaoskopiḗ)
• ἀλαοτόκος (alaotókos)
• ἀλαόω (alaóō)
• ἀλαωτύς (alaōtús)

Further reading

• “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀλαός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλαός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀλαός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN