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/

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 aterpḗs	ᾰ̓τερπές aterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ aterpê
Genitive		ᾰ̓τερποῦς aterpoûs	ᾰ̓τερποῦς aterpoûs		ᾰ̓τερποῖν aterpoîn	ᾰ̓τερποῖν aterpoîn		ᾰ̓τερπῶν aterpôn	ᾰ̓τερπῶν aterpôn
Dative		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî		ᾰ̓τερποῖν aterpoîn	ᾰ̓τερποῖν aterpoîn		ᾰ̓τερπέσῐ / ᾰ̓τερπέσῐν aterpési(n)	ᾰ̓τερπέσῐ / ᾰ̓τερπέσῐν aterpési(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓τερπῆ aterpê	ᾰ̓τερπές aterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ aterpê
Vocative		ᾰ̓τερπές aterpés	ᾰ̓τερπές aterpés		ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî	ᾰ̓τερπεῖ aterpeî		ᾰ̓τερπεῖς aterpeîs	ᾰ̓τερπῆ aterpê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓τερπῶς aterpôs			ᾰ̓τερπέστερος aterpésteros			ᾰ̓τερπέστᾰτος aterpéstatos
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 (2006–2024)
• “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.