ἄλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un”) +‎ λῠτός (lŭtós, “that may be untied, loosed or dissolved”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἄλῠτος • (álŭtos) m or f (neuter ἄλῠτον); second declension

1. that may not be untied, loosed or dissolved
2. (of arguments) not refutable, soluble

Inflection

Second declension of ἄλῠτος; ἄλῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλῠτος álŭtos	ἄλῠτον álŭton		ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō	ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō		ἄλῠτοι álŭtoi	ἄλῠτᾰ álŭtă
Genitive		ἀλῠ́του alŭ́tou	ἀλῠ́του alŭ́tou		ἀλῠ́τοιν alŭ́toin	ἀλῠ́τοιν alŭ́toin		ἀλῠ́των alŭ́tōn	ἀλῠ́των alŭ́tōn
Dative		ἀλῠ́τῳ alŭ́tōi	ἀλῠ́τῳ alŭ́tōi		ἀλῠ́τοιν alŭ́toin	ἀλῠ́τοιν alŭ́toin		ἀλῠ́τοις alŭ́tois	ἀλῠ́τοις alŭ́tois
Accusative		ἄλῠτον álŭton	ἄλῠτον álŭton		ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō	ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō		ἀλῠ́τους alŭ́tous	ἄλῠτᾰ álŭtă
Vocative		ἄλῠτε álŭte	ἄλῠτον álŭton		ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō	ἀλῠ́τω alŭ́tō		ἄλῠτοι álŭtoi	ἄλῠτᾰ álŭtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀλῠ́τως alŭ́tōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄλυτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄλυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλυτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄλυτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄλυτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἄλυτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011