ἄδολος

See also: άδολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ δόλος (dólos, “trick, deceit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.do.los/ → /ˈa.ðo.los/ → /ˈa.ðo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.do.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðo.los/

Adjective

ἄδολος • (ádolos) m or f (neuter ἄδολον); second declension

1. guileless, honest
2. unadulterated, genuine
3. unpretentious, simple

Declension

Second declension of ἄδολος; ἄδολον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄδολος ádolos	ἄδολον ádolon		ἀδόλω adólō	ἀδόλω adólō		ἄδολοι ádoloi	ἄδολᾰ ádolă
Genitive		ἀδόλου adólou	ἀδόλου adólou		ἀδόλοιν adóloin	ἀδόλοιν adóloin		ἀδόλων adólōn	ἀδόλων adólōn
Dative		ἀδόλῳ adólōi	ἀδόλῳ adólōi		ἀδόλοιν adóloin	ἀδόλοιν adóloin		ἀδόλοις adólois	ἀδόλοις adólois
Accusative		ἄδολον ádolon	ἄδολον ádolon		ἀδόλω adólō	ἀδόλω adólō		ἀδόλους adólous	ἄδολᾰ ádolă
Vocative		ἄδολε ádole	ἄδολον ádolon		ἀδόλω adólō	ἀδόλω adólō		ἄδολοι ádoloi	ἄδολᾰ ádolă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀδόλως adólōs			ἀδολώτερος adolṓteros			ἀδολώτᾰτος adolṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άδολος (ádolos)

Further reading

• “ἄδολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄδολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G97 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible