ἀπληστία

See also: απληστία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄπληστος (áplēstos, “insatiable, greedy”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix), ultimately from πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.plɛːs.tí.aː/ → /a.plisˈti.a/ → /a.plisˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.plɛːs.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ple̝sˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.plisˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.plisˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.plisˈti.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ • (ăplēstĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. insatiate desire, greediness (of something: [with genitive])

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ hē ăplēstĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăplēstĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αι hai ăplēstĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς tês ăplēstĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αιν toîn ăplēstĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓πληστῐῶν tôn ăplēstĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾳ têi ăplēstĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αιν toîn ăplēstĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αις taîs ăplēstĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăplēstĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăplēstĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăplēstĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ ăplēstĭ́ā	ᾰ̓πληστῐ́ᾱ ăplēstĭ́ā	ᾰ̓πληστῐ́αι ăplēstĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: απληστία (aplistía)

Further reading

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