ἀτείχιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) +‎ τειχῐ́ζω (teikhĭ́zō, to wall) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.těː.kʰis.tos/ → /aˈti.çis.tos/ → /aˈti.çis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.těː.kʰis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈti.kʰis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈti.çis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈti.çis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈti.çis.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓τείχῐστος • (ăteíkhĭstos) m (feminine ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στη, neuter ᾰ̓τείχῐστον); first/second declension

1. unwalled, unfortified
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.2.2
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.62.2
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Olympic Oration 7

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̓τείχῐστος; ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στη; ᾰ̓τείχῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓τείχῐστος ăteíkhĭstos	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στη ăteikhĭ́stē	ᾰ̓τείχῐστον ăteíkhĭston		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στᾱ ăteikhĭ́stā	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō		ᾰ̓τείχῐστοι ăteíkhĭstoi	ᾰ̓τείχῐσται ăteíkhĭstai	ᾰ̓τείχῐστᾰ ăteíkhĭstă
Genitive		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στου ăteikhĭ́stou	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στης ăteikhĭ́stēs	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στου ăteikhĭ́stou		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοιν ăteikhĭ́stoin	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́σταιν ăteikhĭ́stain	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοιν ăteikhĭ́stoin		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στων ăteikhĭ́stōn	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στων ăteikhĭ́stōn	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στων ăteikhĭ́stōn
Dative		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στῳ ăteikhĭ́stōi	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στῃ ăteikhĭ́stēi	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στῳ ăteikhĭ́stōi		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοιν ăteikhĭ́stoin	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́σταιν ăteikhĭ́stain	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοιν ăteikhĭ́stoin		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοις ăteikhĭ́stois	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́σταις ăteikhĭ́stais	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στοις ăteikhĭ́stois
Accusative		ᾰ̓τείχῐστον ăteíkhĭston	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στην ăteikhĭ́stēn	ᾰ̓τείχῐστον ăteíkhĭston		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στᾱ ăteikhĭ́stā	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στους ăteikhĭ́stous	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στᾱς ăteikhĭ́stās	ᾰ̓τείχῐστᾰ ăteíkhĭstă
Vocative		ᾰ̓τείχῐστε ăteíkhĭste	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στη ăteikhĭ́stē	ᾰ̓τείχῐστον ăteíkhĭston		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στᾱ ăteikhĭ́stā	ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στω ăteikhĭ́stō		ᾰ̓τείχῐστοι ăteíkhĭstoi	ᾰ̓τείχῐσται ăteíkhĭstai	ᾰ̓τείχῐστᾰ ăteíkhĭstă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓τειχῐ́στως ăteikhĭ́stōs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Greek: ατείχιστος (ateíchistos) (inherited)

References

• “ἀτείχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press