ἄγραφος

See also: άγραφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓́γρᾰπτος (ágraptos)

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “not”) +‎ γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to write”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡra.pʰos/ → /ˈa.ɣra.ɸos/ → /ˈa.ɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡra.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra.fos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́γρᾰφος • (ágraphos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον); second declension

1. unwritten
2. Not registered, not recorded

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́γρᾰφος; ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́γρᾰφος ágraphos	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον ágraphon		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō		ᾰ̓́γρᾰφοι ágraphoi	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφᾰ ágrapha
Genitive		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φου agráphou	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φου agráphou		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοιν agráphoin	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοιν agráphoin		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φων agráphōn	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φων agráphōn
Dative		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φῳ agráphōi	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φῳ agráphōi		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοιν agráphoin	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοιν agráphoin		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοις agráphois	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φοις agráphois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον ágraphon	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον ágraphon		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φους agráphous	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφᾰ ágrapha
Vocative		ᾰ̓́γρᾰφε ágraphe	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον ágraphon		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō	ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φω agráphō		ᾰ̓́γρᾰφοι ágraphoi	ᾰ̓́γρᾰφᾰ ágrapha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓γρᾰ́φως agráphōs			ᾰ̓γρᾰφώτερος agraphṓteros			ᾰ̓γρᾰφώτᾰτος agraphṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• άγραφος (ágrafos, “unwritten”)

Further reading

• “ἄγραφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγραφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγραφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγραφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • unattached idem, page 907.
  • unrecorded idem, page 929.
  • unregistered idem, page 929.
  • unwritten idem, page 937.