ἄκριτος

See also: άκριτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ κρῐτός (krĭtós, “chosen, picked out, separated”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἄκρῐτος • (ákrĭtos) m or f (neuter ἄκρῐτον); second declension

1. undistinguishable, confused
2. continuous, unceasing
3. (poetic) countless
4. undecided, doubtful
5. unpredictable, uncertain
6. unjudged, untried, without trial
7. uncapable of judging
8. (of fate) undiscriminating

Declension

Second declension of ἄκρῐτος; ἄκρῐτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄκρῐτος ákrĭtos	ἄκρῐτον ákrĭton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō		ἄκρῐτοι ákrĭtoi	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrĭtă
Genitive		ἀκρῐ́του akrĭ́tou	ἀκρῐ́του akrĭ́tou		ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrĭ́toin	ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrĭ́toin		ἀκρῐ́των akrĭ́tōn	ἀκρῐ́των akrĭ́tōn
Dative		ἀκρῐ́τῳ akrĭ́tōi	ἀκρῐ́τῳ akrĭ́tōi		ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrĭ́toin	ἀκρῐ́τοιν akrĭ́toin		ἀκρῐ́τοις akrĭ́tois	ἀκρῐ́τοις akrĭ́tois
Accusative		ἄκρῐτον ákrĭton	ἄκρῐτον ákrĭton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō		ἀκρῐ́τους akrĭ́tous	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrĭtă
Vocative		ἄκρῐτε ákrĭte	ἄκρῐτον ákrĭton		ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō	ἀκρῐ́τω akrĭ́tō		ἄκρῐτοι ákrĭtoi	ἄκρῐτᾰ ákrĭtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκρῐ́τως akrĭ́tōs			ἀκρῐτώτερος akrĭtṓteros			ἀκρῐτώτᾰτος akrĭtṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκρῐτοβᾰ́ται (akrĭtobắtai)
• ἀκρῐτόβουλος (akrĭtóboulos)
• ἀκρῐτόδᾰκρῠς (akrĭtódăkrŭs)
• ἀκρῐτόμῡθος (akrĭtómūthos)
• ἀκρῐτόφῠλλος (akrĭtóphŭllos)
• ἀκρῐτόφῠρτος (akrĭtóphŭrtos)
• ἀκρῐτόφωνος (akrĭtóphōnos)
• ἀκρῐτόχειρος (akrĭtókheiros)

Descendants

• Greek: άκριτος (ákritos)

Further reading

• “ἄκριτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκριτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκριτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκριτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)