ἄκαρπος

See also: άκαρπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kar.pos/ → /ˈa.kar.pos/ → /ˈa.kar.pos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος • (ákarpos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον); second declension

1. without fruit: barren
2. fruitless, unprofitable
3. In an active sense: making barren

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος; ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́κᾰρπος ákarpos	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ákarpon		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō		ᾰ̓́κᾰρποι ákarpoi	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ákarpa
Genitive		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπου akárpou	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπου akárpou		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν akárpoin	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν akárpoin		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπων akárpōn	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπων akárpōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπῳ akárpōi	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπῳ akárpōi		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν akárpoin	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποιν akárpoin		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποις akárpois	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρποις akárpois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ákarpon	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ákarpon		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπους akárpous	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ákarpa
Vocative		ᾰ̓́κᾰρπε ákarpe	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπον ákarpon		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō	ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπω akárpō		ᾰ̓́κᾰρποι ákarpoi	ᾰ̓́κᾰρπᾰ ákarpa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κᾰ́ρπως akárpōs			ᾰ̓κᾰρπότερος akarpóteros			ᾰ̓κᾰρπότᾰτος akarpótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (akranalaus) (calque)

Further reading

• “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκαρπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκαρπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄκαρπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G175 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abortive idem, page 2.
  • barren idem, page 63.
  • fruitless idem, page 348.
  • ineffective idem, page 435.
  • jejune idem, page 462.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • sterile idem, page 816.
  • unfruitful idem, page 919.
  • unprofitable idem, page 928.
  • useless idem, page 940.