ἄχραντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ χρᾰντός (khrăntós, “stained”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kʰran.tos/ → /ˈa.xran.tos/ → /ˈa.xran.dos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́χρᾰντος • (ắkhrăntos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον); second declension

1. undefiled, immaculate
2. pure, intact

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́χρᾰντος; ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́χρᾰντος ắkhrăntos	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον ắkhrănton		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō		ᾰ̓́χρᾰντοι ắkhrăntoi	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντᾰ ắkhrăntă
Genitive		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντου ăkhrắntou	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντου ăkhrắntou		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοιν ăkhrắntoin	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοιν ăkhrắntoin		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντων ăkhrắntōn	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντων ăkhrắntōn
Dative		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντῳ ăkhrắntōi	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντῳ ăkhrắntōi		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοιν ăkhrắntoin	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοιν ăkhrắntoin		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοις ăkhrắntois	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντοις ăkhrắntois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον ắkhrănton	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον ắkhrănton		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντους ăkhrắntous	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντᾰ ắkhrăntă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́χρᾰντε ắkhrănte	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντον ắkhrănton		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō	ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντω ăkhrắntō		ᾰ̓́χρᾰντοι ắkhrăntoi	ᾰ̓́χρᾰντᾰ ắkhrăntă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓χρᾰ́ντως ăkhrắntōs			ᾰ̓χρᾰντότερος ăkhrăntóteros			ᾰ̓χρᾰντότᾰτος ăkhrăntótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄχραντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄχραντος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄχραντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)