ἀπόθεος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) +‎ θεός (theós, “god”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.tʰe.os/ → /aˈpo.θe.os/ → /aˈpo.θe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.tʰe.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.tʰe.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.θe.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓πόθεος • (apótheos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓πόθεον); second declension

1. far from the gods, godless

   Synonym: ἄθεος (átheos)

   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 267

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓πόθεος; ᾰ̓πόθεον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πόθεος apótheos	ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō		ᾰ̓πόθεοι apótheoi	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea
Genitive		ᾰ̓ποθέου apothéou	ᾰ̓ποθέου apothéou		ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin	ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin		ᾰ̓ποθέων apothéōn	ᾰ̓ποθέων apothéōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ποθέῳ apothéōi	ᾰ̓ποθέῳ apothéōi		ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin	ᾰ̓ποθέοιν apothéoin		ᾰ̓ποθέοις apothéois	ᾰ̓ποθέοις apothéois
Accusative		ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon	ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō		ᾰ̓ποθέους apothéous	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea
Vocative		ᾰ̓πόθεε apóthee	ᾰ̓πόθεον apótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω apothéō		ᾰ̓πόθεοι apótheoi	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ apóthea
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ποθέως apothéōs			ᾰ̓ποθεώτερος apotheṓteros			ᾰ̓ποθεώτᾰτος apotheṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἀποθεόω (apotheóō)
  • ἀποθέωσῐς (apothéōsis)

Further reading

• “ἀπόθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόθεος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)