ἄθετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ θετός (thetós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tʰe.tos/ → /ˈa.θe.tos/ → /ˈa.θe.tos/

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

Adjective

ἄθετος • (áthetos) m or f (neuter ἄθετον); second declension

1. set aside
2. out of position
3. unfixed

Declension

Second declension of ἄθετος; ἄθετον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄθετος áthetos	ἄθετον átheton		ἀθέτω athétō	ἀθέτω athétō		ἄθετοι áthetoi	ἄθετᾰ áthetă
Genitive		ἀθέτου athétou	ἀθέτου athétou		ἀθέτοιν athétoin	ἀθέτοιν athétoin		ἀθέτων athétōn	ἀθέτων athétōn
Dative		ἀθέτῳ athétōi	ἀθέτῳ athétōi		ἀθέτοιν athétoin	ἀθέτοιν athétoin		ἀθέτοις athétois	ἀθέτοις athétois
Accusative		ἄθετον átheton	ἄθετον átheton		ἀθέτω athétō	ἀθέτω athétō		ἀθέτους athétous	ἄθετᾰ áthetă
Vocative		ἄθετε áthete	ἄθετον átheton		ἀθέτω athétō	ἀθέτω athétō		ἄθετοι áthetoi	ἄθετᾰ áthetă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀθέτως athétōs			ἀθετώτερος athetṓteros			ἀθετώτᾰτος athetṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀθετέω (athetéō)
• ἀθέτησις (athétēsis)
• ἀθετητέον (athetētéon)

Descendants

• →⇒ English: athetize, athetoid, athetosis

Further reading

• ἄθετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄθετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄθετος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄθετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press