ἄπαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (ă-, “un-”) +‎ πατέομαι (patéomai, “to eat”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́πᾰστος • (ắpăstos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́πᾰστον); second declension

1. unfed, fasting
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.345–346:

     οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι / οἴχονται μετὰ δεῖπνον, ὃ δ’ ἄκμηνος καὶ ἄπαστος.

     hoì dè dḕ álloi / oíkhontai metà deîpnon, hò d’ ákmēnos kaì ápastos.

     The others / have now dispersed after dinner, but he is untended and unfed.

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́πᾰστος; ᾰ̓́πᾰστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστος ắpăstos	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ắpăston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō		ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ắpăstoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ắpăstă
Genitive		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου ăpắstou	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου ăpắstou		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν ăpắstoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν ăpắstoin		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων ăpắstōn	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων ăpắstōn
Dative		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ ăpắstōi	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ ăpắstōi		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν ăpắstoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν ăpắstoin		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις ăpắstois	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις ăpắstois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ắpăston	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ắpăston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στους ăpắstous	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ắpăstă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́πᾰστε ắpăste	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ắpăston		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω ăpắstō		ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ắpăstoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ắpăstă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πᾰ́στως ăpắstōs			ᾰ̓πᾰστότερος ăpăstóteros			ᾰ̓πᾰστότᾰτος ăpăstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (maybe) ἄπαστον (ápaston, “prison”)

References

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