ἄληπτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ληπτός (lēptós), from the root of λαμβάνω (lambánō).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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Adjective

ἄληπτος • (álēptos) m or f (neuter ἄληπτον); second declension

1. not to be laid hold of, hard to catch
2. unamenable
3. incomprehensible

Declension

Second declension of ἄληπτος; ἄληπτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄληπτος álēptos	ἄληπτον álēpton		ἀλήπτω alḗptō	ἀλήπτω alḗptō		ἄληπτοι álēptoi	ἄληπτᾰ álēptă
Genitive		ἀλήπτου alḗptou	ἀλήπτου alḗptou		ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin	ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin		ἀλήπτων alḗptōn	ἀλήπτων alḗptōn
Dative		ἀλήπτῳ alḗptōi	ἀλήπτῳ alḗptōi		ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin	ἀλήπτοιν alḗptoin		ἀλήπτοις alḗptois	ἀλήπτοις alḗptois
Accusative		ἄληπτον álēpton	ἄληπτον álēpton		ἀλήπτω alḗptō	ἀλήπτω alḗptō		ἀλήπτους alḗptous	ἄληπτᾰ álēptă
Vocative		ἄληπτε álēpte	ἄληπτον álēpton		ἀλήπτω alḗptō	ἀλήπτω alḗptō		ἄληπτοι álēptoi	ἄληπτᾰ álēptă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀλήπτως alḗptōs			ἀληπτότερος alēptóteros			ἀληπτότᾰτος alēptótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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