ἄβατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, negation prefix) +‎ βᾰτός (bătós, “passable, accessible”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ba.tos/ → /ˈa.βa.tos/ → /ˈa.va.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ba.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.tos/

Adjective

ἄβᾰτος • (ábătos) m or f (neuter ἄβᾰτον); second declension

1. untrodden, inaccessible
2. (of mountains) impassable
3. (of rivers) not fordable
4. desolate, deserted
5. (of holy places) not to be trodden
6. (figuratively) pure, chaste
7. (of a horse) not ridden

Declension

Second declension of ἄβᾰτος; ἄβᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄβᾰτος ábătos	ἄβᾰτον ábăton		ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō	ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō		ἄβᾰτοι ábătoi	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábătă
Genitive		ἀβᾰ́του abắtou	ἀβᾰ́του abắtou		ἀβᾰ́τοιν abắtoin	ἀβᾰ́τοιν abắtoin		ἀβᾰ́των abắtōn	ἀβᾰ́των abắtōn
Dative		ἀβᾰ́τῳ abắtōi	ἀβᾰ́τῳ abắtōi		ἀβᾰ́τοιν abắtoin	ἀβᾰ́τοιν abắtoin		ἀβᾰ́τοις abắtois	ἀβᾰ́τοις abắtois
Accusative		ἄβᾰτον ábăton	ἄβᾰτον ábăton		ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō	ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō		ἀβᾰ́τους abắtous	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábătă
Vocative		ἄβᾰτε ábăte	ἄβᾰτον ábăton		ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō	ἀβᾰ́τω abắtō		ἄβᾰτοι ábătoi	ἄβᾰτᾰ ábătă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀβᾰ́τως abắtōs			ἀβᾰτώτερος abătṓteros			ἀβᾰτώτᾰτος abătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄβᾰτον (ábăton)
• ἀβᾰτόομαι (abătóomai)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Abatus

Further reading

• “ἄβατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄβατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄβατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄβατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)