ἄπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.puːs/ → /ˈa.pus/ → /ˈa.pus/

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

Adjective

ἄπους • (ápous) m or f (neuter ἄπουν); third declension

1. without feet, footless
   1. without the use of one's feet, lame

Inflection

Third declension of ἄπους; ἄπουν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄπους ápous	ἄπουν ápoun		ἄποδε ápode	ἄποδε ápode		ἄποδες ápodes	ἄποδᾰ ápoda
Genitive		ἄποδος ápodos	ἄποδος ápodos		ἀπόδοιν apódoin	ἀπόδοιν apódoin		ἀπόδων apódōn	ἀπόδων apódōn
Dative		ἄποδῐ ápodi	ἄποδῐ ápodi		ἀπόδοιν apódoin	ἀπόδοιν apódoin		ἄποσῐ / ἄποσῐν áposi(n)	ἄποσῐ / ἄποσῐν áposi(n)
Accusative		ἄπουν ápoun	ἄπουν ápoun		ἄποδε ápode	ἄποδε ápode		ἄποδᾰς ápodas	ἄποδᾰ ápoda
Vocative		ἄπους ápous	ἄπουν ápoun		ἄποδε ápode	ἄποδε ápode		ἄποδες ápodes	ἄποδᾰ ápoda
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀπόδως apódōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ἄπους • (ápous) m (genitive ἄποδος); third declension

1. swift (Apus apus)

   Synonym: κῠ́ψελος (kúpselos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἄπους; τοῦ ἄποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄπους ho ápous	τὼ ἄποδε tṑ ápode	οἱ ἄποδες hoi ápodes
Genitive	τοῦ ἄποδος toû ápodos	τοῖν ἀπόδοιν toîn apódoin	τῶν ἀπόδων tôn apódōn
Dative	τῷ ἄποδῐ tôi ápodi	τοῖν ἀπόδοιν toîn apódoin	τοῖς ἄποσῐ / ἄποσῐν toîs áposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄποδᾰ tòn ápoda	τὼ ἄποδε tṑ ápode	τοὺς ἄποδᾰς toùs ápodas
Vocative	ἄπους ápous	ἄποδε ápode	ἄποδες ápodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Greek: άπους (ápous)
• → Latin: apūs
  • → Translingual: Apus

Further reading

• “ἄπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • halt idem, page 381.
  • lame idem, page 474.
  • limping idem, page 492.