ἀναίσθητος

See also: αναίσθητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-) +‎ αἰσθητός (aisthētós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nǎi̯s.tʰɛː.tos/ → /aˈnɛs.θi.tos/ → /aˈnes.θi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nǎi̯s.tʰɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈnɛs.tʰe̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈnɛs.θi.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈnes.θi.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈnes.θi.tos/

Adjective

ἀναίσθητος • (anaísthētos) m or f (neuter ἀναίσθητον); second declension

1. insensate, unfeeling, indifferent
2. senseless, tactless, stupid, insensible
3. unfelt

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓ναίσθητος; ᾰ̓ναίσθητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ναίσθητος ănaísthētos	ᾰ̓ναίσθητον ănaísthēton		ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō	ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō		ᾰ̓ναίσθητοι ănaísthētoi	ᾰ̓ναίσθητᾰ ănaísthētă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ναισθήτου ănaisthḗtou	ᾰ̓ναισθήτου ănaisthḗtou		ᾰ̓ναισθήτοιν ănaisthḗtoin	ᾰ̓ναισθήτοιν ănaisthḗtoin		ᾰ̓ναισθήτων ănaisthḗtōn	ᾰ̓ναισθήτων ănaisthḗtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ναισθήτῳ ănaisthḗtōi	ᾰ̓ναισθήτῳ ănaisthḗtōi		ᾰ̓ναισθήτοιν ănaisthḗtoin	ᾰ̓ναισθήτοιν ănaisthḗtoin		ᾰ̓ναισθήτοις ănaisthḗtois	ᾰ̓ναισθήτοις ănaisthḗtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓ναίσθητον ănaísthēton	ᾰ̓ναίσθητον ănaísthēton		ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō	ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō		ᾰ̓ναισθήτους ănaisthḗtous	ᾰ̓ναίσθητᾰ ănaísthētă
Vocative		ᾰ̓ναίσθητε ănaísthēte	ᾰ̓ναίσθητον ănaísthēton		ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō	ᾰ̓ναισθήτω ănaisthḗtō		ᾰ̓ναίσθητοι ănaísthētoi	ᾰ̓ναίσθητᾰ ănaísthētă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ναισθήτως ănaisthḗtōs			ᾰ̓ναισθητότερος ănaisthētóteros			ᾰ̓ναισθητότᾰτος ănaisthētótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀναισθητέω (anaisthētéō)

Related terms

• ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía)

Descendants

• Greek: αναίσθητος (anaísthitos)
• →⇒ Czech: anestetický, anestetikum
• →⇒ Danish: anestetisk
• →⇒ English: anaesthetic
• →⇒ Finnish: anesteetti, anesteettinen
• →⇒ German: Anästhetikum, anästhetisch
• →⇒ Italian: anestetico
• →⇒ Polish: anestetyk
• →⇒ Serbo-Croatian: anestetik
• →⇒ Slovak: anestetický, anestetikum

Further reading

• ἀναίσθητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναίσθητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀναίσθητος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀναίσθητος”, 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.
  • dense idem, page 210.
  • dull idem, page 256.
  • heavy idem, page 393.
  • imperceptible idem, page 420.
  • insensible idem, page 444.
  • obtuse idem, page 568.
  • senseless idem, page 752.
  • stolid idem, page 819.
  • stupid idem, page 830.
  • undiscerning idem, page 914.
  • undiscriminating idem, page 914.
  • unfelt idem, page 918.
  • unintelligent idem, page 922.
  • vacant idem, page 941.