ἄδουλος

See also: άδουλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ δοῦλος (doûlos, “servant, slave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.duː.los/ → /ˈa.ðu.los/ → /ˈa.ðu.los/

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

Adjective

ἄδουλος • (ádoulos) m or f (neuter ἄδουλον); second declension

1. unattended by slaves
2. having no slaves, too poor to keep a slave
3. impatient of slavery

Declension

Second declension of ἄδουλος; ἄδουλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄδουλος ádoulos	ἄδουλον ádoulon		ἀδούλω adoúlō	ἀδούλω adoúlō		ἄδουλοι ádouloi	ἄδουλᾰ ádoula
Genitive		ἀδούλου adoúlou	ἀδούλου adoúlou		ἀδούλοιν adoúloin	ἀδούλοιν adoúloin		ἀδούλων adoúlōn	ἀδούλων adoúlōn
Dative		ἀδούλῳ adoúlōi	ἀδούλῳ adoúlōi		ἀδούλοιν adoúloin	ἀδούλοιν adoúloin		ἀδούλοις adoúlois	ἀδούλοις adoúlois
Accusative		ἄδουλον ádoulon	ἄδουλον ádoulon		ἀδούλω adoúlō	ἀδούλω adoúlō		ἀδούλους adoúlous	ἄδουλᾰ ádoula
Vocative		ἄδουλε ádoule	ἄδουλον ádoulon		ἀδούλω adoúlō	ἀδούλω adoúlō		ἄδουλοι ádouloi	ἄδουλᾰ ádoula
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀδούλως adoúlōs			ἀδουλότερος adoulóteros			ἀδουλότᾰτος adoulótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άδουλος (ádoulos)

Further reading

• “ἄδουλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄδουλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄδουλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδουλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)