ἄστατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) + the root of ἵστημι (hístēmi) +‎ -τος (-tos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.ta.tos/ → /ˈas.ta.tos/ → /ˈas.ta.tos/

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

Adjective

ἄστᾰτος • (ástătos) m or f (neuter ἄστᾰτον); second declension

1. unstable

Declension

Second declension of ἄστᾰτος; ἄστᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄστᾰτος ástătos	ἄστᾰτον ástăton		ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō	ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō		ἄστᾰτοι ástătoi	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástătă
Genitive		ἀστᾰ́του astắtou	ἀστᾰ́του astắtou		ἀστᾰ́τοιν astắtoin	ἀστᾰ́τοιν astắtoin		ἀστᾰ́των astắtōn	ἀστᾰ́των astắtōn
Dative		ἀστᾰ́τῳ astắtōi	ἀστᾰ́τῳ astắtōi		ἀστᾰ́τοιν astắtoin	ἀστᾰ́τοιν astắtoin		ἀστᾰ́τοις astắtois	ἀστᾰ́τοις astắtois
Accusative		ἄστᾰτον ástăton	ἄστᾰτον ástăton		ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō	ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō		ἀστᾰ́τους astắtous	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástătă
Vocative		ἄστᾰτε ástăte	ἄστᾰτον ástăton		ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō	ἀστᾰ́τω astắtō		ἄστᾰτοι ástătoi	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástătă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀστᾰ́τως astắtōs			ἀστᾰτώτερος astătṓteros			ἀστᾰτώτᾰτος astătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: astat
• → Danish: astat
• →⇒ English: astatine
• → Esperanto: astato
• → Icelandic: astat
• → Italian: astato
• →⇒ Latin: astatium
  • → Dutch: astatium
  • → Hungarian: asztácium
• → Latvian: astats
• → Macedonian: астат (astat)
• → Maltese: astat
• → Norwegian Bokmål: astat
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: astat
• → Polish: astat
• → Portuguese: astato
• → Russian: аста́т (astát)
  • → Kazakh: астат (astat)
• → Serbo-Croatian: astat
• → Slovene: astat
• → Spanish: astato
• → Swedish: astat
• → Ukrainian: аста́т (astát)

Further reading

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