ἁρπαστόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἁρπᾰστός (harpastós), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /har.pas.tón/ → /ar.pasˈton/ → /ar.pasˈton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /har.pas.tón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ar.pasˈton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.pasˈton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.pasˈton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.pasˈton/

Noun

ἁρπᾰστόν • (harpastón) n (genitive ἁρπᾰστοῦ); second declension

1. handball

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἁρπᾰστόν; τοῦ ἁρπᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἁρπᾰστόν tò harpastón	τὼ ἁρπᾰστώ tṑ harpastṓ	τᾰ̀ ἁρπᾰστᾰ́ tà harpastá
Genitive	τοῦ ἁρπᾰστοῦ toû harpastoû	τοῖν ἁρπᾰστοῖν toîn harpastoîn	τῶν ἁρπᾰστῶν tôn harpastôn
Dative	τῷ ἁρπᾰστῷ tôi harpastôi	τοῖν ἁρπᾰστοῖν toîn harpastoîn	τοῖς ἁρπᾰστοῖς toîs harpastoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἁρπᾰστόν tò harpastón	τὼ ἁρπᾰστώ tṑ harpastṓ	τᾰ̀ ἁρπᾰστᾰ́ tà harpastá
Vocative	ἁρπᾰστόν harpastón	ἁρπᾰστώ harpastṓ	ἁρπᾰστᾰ́ harpastá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: harpastum

Further reading

• “ἁρπαστόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁρπαστόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁρπαστόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)