ἄκλιτος
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) + κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to decline”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix). Diachronically from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-ḱlitós, formed from the root *ḱley- (“to incline, slope”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kli.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
Adjective
[edit]ᾰ̓́κλῐτος • (áklitos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κλῐτον); second declension (Koine)
- unwavering, stable
- c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, On the Mysteries 1.15:
- Ἔτι γὰρ μᾶλλον ἀκλίτους καὶ ἀμιγεῖς αἰσθητοῖς εἰπὼν εἶναι τοὺς καθαροὺς νόας ἀπορεῖς (...)
- Éti gàr mâllon aklítous kaì amigeîs aisthētoîs eipṑn eînai toùs katharoùs nóas aporeîs (...)
- You see, having declared that "the pure intellects are unwavering and unmingled with tangible things", you ask still further (...)
- Ἔτι γὰρ μᾶλλον ἀκλίτους καὶ ἀμιγεῖς αἰσθητοῖς εἰπὼν εἶναι τοὺς καθαροὺς νόας ἀπορεῖς (...)
- (grammar) indeclinable
- 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 19:
- ἐπίρρημά ἐστι μέρος λόγου ἄκλιτον
- epírrhēmá esti méros lógou ákliton
- An adverb is an indeclinable part of speech.
- ἐπίρρημά ἐστι μέρος λόγου ἄκλιτον
- (geometry) (said of a rising perpendicular)
- Synonym: ἀκλινής (aklinḗs)
- 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements 290F:
- εἰ δὲ δεῖ καὶ θεωρίαν προσθεῖναι τοῖς δύο τούτοις προβλήμασιν, ἔοικεν ἡ μὲν πρὸς ορθὰς ἀναγομένη μιμεῖσθαι ζωὴν αἰρομένην (...) μένουσαν ἄκλιτον πρὸς τὰ χείρονα
- ei dè deî kaì theōrían prostheînai toîs dúo toútois problḗmasin, éoiken hē mèn pròs orthàs anagoménē mimeîsthai zōḕn airoménēn (...) ménousan ákliton pròs tà kheírona
- If we must theorize further on these two problems, it seems that a [line] rising up from a straight [line] resembles an exalted life (...) remaining stable in the face of baser things
- εἰ δὲ δεῖ καὶ θεωρίαν προσθεῖναι τοῖς δύο τούτοις προβλήμασιν, ἔοικεν ἡ μὲν πρὸς ορθὰς ἀναγομένη μιμεῖσθαι ζωὴν αἰρομένην (...) μένουσαν ἄκλιτον πρὸς τὰ χείρονα
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτος áklitos |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτοι áklitoi |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓κλῐ́του aklítou |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́του aklítou |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́των aklítōn |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́των aklítōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓κλῐ́τῳ aklítōi |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τῳ aklítōi |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοις aklítois |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοις aklítois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τους aklítous |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτε áklite |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτοι áklitoi |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τως aklítōs |
ᾰ̓κλῐτώτερος aklitṓteros |
ᾰ̓κλῐτώτᾰτος aklitṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: άκλιτος (áklitos)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἄκλιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκλιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- ἄκλιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἄκλιτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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