ἀμελής

See also: αμελής

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.me.lɛ̌ːs/ → /a.meˈlis/ → /a.meˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.me.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.meˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.meˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.meˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.meˈlis/

Etymology 1

From ἀ- (a-, not, without) +‎ μέλω (mélō, “to care”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Adjective

ᾰ̓μελής • (ămelḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μελές); third declension

1. (active voice) careless, negligent
2. (passive voice) uncared for, unheeded

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓μελής; ᾰ̓μελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μελής ămelḗs	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Genitive		ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs	ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs		ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn	ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn		ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn	ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn
Dative		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn	ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn		ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Vocative		ᾰ̓μελές ămelés	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μελῶς ămelôs			ᾰ̓μελέστερος ămelésteros			ᾰ̓μελέστᾰτος ămeléstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμελετής (ameletḗs)
• ἀμελετῐκός (ameletĭkós)
• ἀμέλετος (améletos)
• ἀμελέω (ameléō)

Descendants

• Greek: αμελής (amelís)

Etymology 2

From ἀ- (a-, not, without) +‎ μέλος (mélos, “song, strain”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Adjective

ᾰ̓μελής • (ămelḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μελές); third declension

1. unmelodious

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓μελής; ᾰ̓μελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μελής ămelḗs	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Genitive		ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs	ᾰ̓μελοῦς ămeloûs		ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn	ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn		ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn	ᾰ̓μελῶν ămelôn
Dative		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn	ᾰ̓μελοῖν ămeloîn		ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓μελέσῐ / ᾰ̓μελέσῐν ămelésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Vocative		ᾰ̓μελές ămelés	ᾰ̓μελές ămelés		ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî	ᾰ̓μελεῖ ămeleî		ᾰ̓μελεῖς ămeleîs	ᾰ̓μελῆ ămelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μελῶς ămelôs			ᾰ̓μελέστερος ămelésteros			ᾰ̓μελέστᾰτος ămeléstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμελής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)