ἄλθος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.tʰos/ → /ˈal.θos/ → /ˈal.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θos/

Noun

ἄλθος • (álthos) n (genitive ἄλθεος); third declension

1. healing, medicine

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λθος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́λθεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λθος tò ắlthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λθεε tṑ ắlthee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λθεᾰ tằ ắltheă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́λθεος toû ắltheos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λθέοιν toîn ălthéoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λθέων tôn ălthéōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́λθεῐ̈ tôi ắltheĭ̈	τοῖν ᾰ̓λθέοιν toîn ălthéoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́λθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́λθεσῐν toîs ắlthesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λθος tò ắlthos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λθεε tṑ ắlthee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λθεᾰ tằ ắltheă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λθος ắlthos	ᾰ̓́λθεε ắlthee	ᾰ̓́λθεᾰ ắltheă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄλθεξις (álthexis)
• ἄλθομαι (álthomai)

Further reading

• ἄλθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄλθος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄλθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press