ἄπνοος

See also: άπνοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄπνους (ápnous) — contracted

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.pno.os/ → /ˈa.pno.os/ → /ˈa.pno.os/

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

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Adjective

ἄπνοος • (ápnoos) m or f (neuter ἄπνοον); second declension

1. without wind, with but little air
2. unventilated, lacking ventilation
3. breathless, gasping
4. lifeless, dead
5. without breathing or respiration

Declension

Second declension of ἄπνοος; ἄπνοον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄπνοος ápnoos	ἄπνοον ápnoon		ἀπνόω apnóō	ἀπνόω apnóō		ἄπνοοι ápnooi	ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă
Genitive		ἀπνόου apnóou	ἀπνόου apnóou		ἀπνόοιν apnóoin	ἀπνόοιν apnóoin		ἀπνόων apnóōn	ἀπνόων apnóōn
Dative		ἀπνόῳ apnóōi	ἀπνόῳ apnóōi		ἀπνόοιν apnóoin	ἀπνόοιν apnóoin		ἀπνόοις apnóois	ἀπνόοις apnóois
Accusative		ἄπνοον ápnoon	ἄπνοον ápnoon		ἀπνόω apnóō	ἀπνόω apnóō		ἀπνόους apnóous	ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă
Vocative		ἄπνοε ápnoe	ἄπνοον ápnoon		ἀπνόω apnóō	ἀπνόω apnóō		ἄπνοοι ápnooi	ἄπνοᾰ ápnoă
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀπνοέω (apnoéō)
• ἄπνοιᾰ (ápnoiă)

Descendants

• → Greek: άπνοος (ápnoos) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἄπνοος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄπνοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄπνοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄπνοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄπνοος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)