ἄβρωτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ βρωτός (brōtós, “eaten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.brɔː.tos/ → /ˈa.βro.tos/ → /ˈa.vro.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.brɔː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bro.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βro.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vro.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vro.tos/

Adjective

ἄβρωτος • (ábrōtos) m or f (neuter ἄβρωτον); second declension

1. uneatable, inedible, not good for food
2. not eaten
3. (of persons) without eating

Declension

Second declension of ἄβρωτος; ἄβρωτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄβρωτος ábrōtos	ἄβρωτον ábrōton		ἀβρώτω abrṓtō	ἀβρώτω abrṓtō		ἄβρωτοι ábrōtoi	ἄβρωτᾰ ábrōta
Genitive		ἀβρώτου abrṓtou	ἀβρώτου abrṓtou		ἀβρώτοιν abrṓtoin	ἀβρώτοιν abrṓtoin		ἀβρώτων abrṓtōn	ἀβρώτων abrṓtōn
Dative		ἀβρώτῳ abrṓtōi	ἀβρώτῳ abrṓtōi		ἀβρώτοιν abrṓtoin	ἀβρώτοιν abrṓtoin		ἀβρώτοις abrṓtois	ἀβρώτοις abrṓtois
Accusative		ἄβρωτον ábrōton	ἄβρωτον ábrōton		ἀβρώτω abrṓtō	ἀβρώτω abrṓtō		ἀβρώτους abrṓtous	ἄβρωτᾰ ábrōta
Vocative		ἄβρωτε ábrōte	ἄβρωτον ábrōton		ἀβρώτω abrṓtō	ἀβρώτω abrṓtō		ἄβρωτοι ábrōtoi	ἄβρωτᾰ ábrōta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀβρώτως abrṓtōs			ἀβρωτότερος abrōtóteros			ἀβρωτότᾰτος abrōtótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀβρωσῐ́ᾱ (abrōsíā)

Further reading

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