ἀτερπής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ τέρπω (térpō) +‎ -ής (-ḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ter.pɛ̌ːs/ → /a.terˈpis/ → /a.terˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ter.pɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.terˈpis/

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Adjective

ἀτερπής • (aterpḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτερπές); third declension

1. unpleasing
2. joyless, melancholy

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓τερπής; ᾰ̓τερπές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓τερπής ăterpḗs	ᾰ̓τερπές ăterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς ăterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ ăterpê
Genitive		ᾰ̓τερποῦς ăterpoûs	ᾰ̓τερποῦς ăterpoûs		ᾰ̓τερποῖν ăterpoîn	ᾰ̓τερποῖν ăterpoîn		ᾰ̓τερπῶν ăterpôn	ᾰ̓τερπῶν ăterpôn
Dative		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî		ᾰ̓τερποῖν ăterpoîn	ᾰ̓τερποῖν ăterpoîn		ᾰ̓τερπέσῐ / ᾰ̓τερπέσῐν ăterpésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓τερπέσῐ / ᾰ̓τερπέσῐν ăterpésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓τερπῆ ăterpê	ᾰ̓τερπές ăterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς ăterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ ăterpê
Vocative		ᾰ̓τερπές ăterpés	ᾰ̓τερπές ăterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ ăterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς ăterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ ăterpê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓τερπῶς ăterpôs			ᾰ̓τερπέστερος ăterpésteros			ᾰ̓τερπέστᾰτος ăterpéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀτερπής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτερπής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτερπής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀτερπής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀτερπής”, 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.
  • cheerless idem, page 129.
  • comfortless idem, page 146.
  • dingy idem, page 225.
  • disagreeable idem, page 227.
  • discomfortable idem, page 230.
  • gloomy idem, page 362.
  • joyless idem, page 465.
  • mirthless idem, page 532.
  • unpleasant idem, page 927.