ἄδυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ δύω (dúō, “to enter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dy.tos/ → /ˈa.ðy.tos/ → /ˈa.ði.tos/

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

Adjective

ἄδῠτος • (ádŭtos) m or f (neuter ἄδῠτον); second declension

1. Not to be entered

Inflection

Second declension of ἄδῠτος; ἄδῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄδῠτος ádŭtos	ἄδῠτον ádŭton		ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō	ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō		ἄδῠτοι ádŭtoi	ἄδῠτᾰ ádŭtă
Genitive		ἀδῠ́του adŭ́tou	ἀδῠ́του adŭ́tou		ἀδῠ́τοιν adŭ́toin	ἀδῠ́τοιν adŭ́toin		ἀδῠ́των adŭ́tōn	ἀδῠ́των adŭ́tōn
Dative		ἀδῠ́τῳ adŭ́tōi	ἀδῠ́τῳ adŭ́tōi		ἀδῠ́τοιν adŭ́toin	ἀδῠ́τοιν adŭ́toin		ἀδῠ́τοις adŭ́tois	ἀδῠ́τοις adŭ́tois
Accusative		ἄδῠτον ádŭton	ἄδῠτον ádŭton		ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō	ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō		ἀδῠ́τους adŭ́tous	ἄδῠτᾰ ádŭtă
Vocative		ἄδῠτε ádŭte	ἄδῠτον ádŭton		ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō	ἀδῠ́τω adŭ́tō		ἄδῠτοι ádŭtoi	ἄδῠτᾰ ádŭtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀδῠ́τως adŭ́tōs			ἀδῠτώτερος adŭtṓteros			ἀδῠτώτᾰτος adŭtṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄδῠτον (ádŭton, “shrine, sanctuary”)

Further reading

• “ἄδυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄδυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄδυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδυτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄδυτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter