ἀϋλότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓́ῡ̈λος (ắṻlos, “immaterial”) +‎ -της (-tēs, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.yː.ló.tɛːs/ → /a.yˈlo.tis/ → /a.iˈlo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.yː.ló.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.yˈlo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.yˈlo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.yˈlo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.iˈlo.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότης • (ăṻlótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητος); third declension

1. immateriality
   • AD 254–270, Plotinus, Enneades 1.2.7, (Περὶ ἀρετῶν, “On Virtue”):

     Καὶ γὰρ ἡ νόησις ἐκεῖ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σοφία, τὸ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ σωφροσύνη, τὸ δὲ οἰκεῖον ἔργον ἡ οἰκειοπραγία, τὸ δὲ οἷον ἀνδρία ἡ ἀυλότης καὶ τὸ ἐφ’ αὑτοῦ μένειν καθαρόν.

     Kaì gàr hē nóēsis ekeî epistḗmē kaì sophía, tò dè pròs autòn hē sōphrosúnē, tò dè oikeîon érgon hē oikeiopragía, tò dè hoîon andría hē aulótēs kaì tò eph’ hautoû ménein katharón.

     • 1917 translation by Stephen MacKenna^[1]

       In the Supreme, Intellection constitutes Knowledge and Wisdom; self-concentration is Sophrosyny; Its proper Act is Its Dutifulness; Its Immateriality, by which It remains inviolate within Itself, is the equivalent of Fortitude.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότης; τῆς ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότης hē ăṻlótēs	τὼ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητε tṑ ăṻlótēte	αἱ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητες hai ăṻlótētes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητος tês ăṻlótētos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ῡ̈λοτήτοιν toîn ăṻlotḗtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ῡ̈λοτήτων tôn ăṻlotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητῐ têi ăṻlótētĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓ῡ̈λοτήτοιν toîn ăṻlotḗtoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότησῐ / ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότησῐν taîs ăṻlótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητᾰ tḕn ăṻlótētă	τὼ ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητε tṑ ăṻlótēte	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητᾰς tā̀s ăṻlótētăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότης ăṻlótēs	ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητε ăṻlótēte	ᾰ̓ῡ̈λότητες ăṻlótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Further reading

• “ἀϋλότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀϋλότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀϋλότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette