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 • (ăpótheos) 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 ăpótheos	ᾰ̓πόθεον ăpótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō		ᾰ̓πόθεοι ăpótheoi	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ ăpótheă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ποθέου ăpothéou	ᾰ̓ποθέου ăpothéou		ᾰ̓ποθέοιν ăpothéoin	ᾰ̓ποθέοιν ăpothéoin		ᾰ̓ποθέων ăpothéōn	ᾰ̓ποθέων ăpothéōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ποθέῳ ăpothéōi	ᾰ̓ποθέῳ ăpothéōi		ᾰ̓ποθέοιν ăpothéoin	ᾰ̓ποθέοιν ăpothéoin		ᾰ̓ποθέοις ăpothéois	ᾰ̓ποθέοις ăpothéois
Accusative		ᾰ̓πόθεον ăpótheon	ᾰ̓πόθεον ăpótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō		ᾰ̓ποθέους ăpothéous	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ ăpótheă
Vocative		ᾰ̓πόθεε ăpóthee	ᾰ̓πόθεον ăpótheon		ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō	ᾰ̓ποθέω ăpothéō		ᾰ̓πόθεοι ăpótheoi	ᾰ̓πόθεᾰ ăpótheă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ποθέως ăpothéōs			ᾰ̓ποθεώτερος ăpotheṓteros			ᾰ̓ποθεώτᾰτος ăpotheṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἀποθεόω (apotheóō)
  • ἀποθέωσῐς (apothéōsĭs)

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 (2006–2025)