ἐλαστός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.las.tós/ → /e.lasˈtos/ → /e.lasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.las.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/

Adjective

ἐλαστός • (elastós) m (feminine ἐλαστή, neuter ἐλαστόν); first/second declension

1. Alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”)

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλᾰστός; ἐλᾰστή; ἐλᾰστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλᾰστός elăstós	ἐλᾰστή elăstḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón		ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ		ἐλᾰστοί elăstoí	ἐλᾰσταί elăstaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Genitive		ἐλᾰστοῦ elăstoû	ἐλᾰστῆς elăstês	ἐλᾰστοῦ elăstoû		ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elăstaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn		ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn
Dative		ἐλᾰστῷ elăstôi	ἐλᾰστῇ elăstêi	ἐλᾰστῷ elăstôi		ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elăstaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn		ἐλᾰστοῖς elăstoîs	ἐλᾰσταῖς elăstaîs	ἐλᾰστοῖς elăstoîs
Accusative		ἐλᾰστόν elăstón	ἐλᾰστήν elăstḗn	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón		ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ		ἐλᾰστούς elăstoús	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ς elăstā́s	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Vocative		ἐλᾰστέ elăsté	ἐλᾰστή elăstḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón		ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ		ἐλᾰστοί elăstoí	ἐλᾰσταί elăstaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐλᾰστῶς elăstôs				ἐλᾰστότερος elăstóteros				ἐλᾰστότᾰτος elăstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: elasto-
• → Esperanto: elasta
• →⇒ New Latin: elasticus
  • French: élastique (“elastic”, adjective)
    • → Catalan: elàstic
    • → Dutch: elastiek
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: lástik
      • → Indonesian: elastik
      • → Papiamentu: elastik, alestik
    • → English: elastic, elastick (obsolete)
      • → Malay: elastik
    • → German: elastisch
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: elastikk
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: elastikk
    • → Polish: elastyczny
    • → Romansch: elastic
    • → Persian: الاستیک (elâstik)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: الاستیق (elastik, elastık).
      • Turkish: elastik
  • French: élastique (“rubber band”)
    • → Egyptian Arabic: أستيكة (astīka)
    • → Moroccan Arabic: لستيك (lastīk)
    • → Persian: لاستیک (lâstik)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: لاستیق (lastik, lastık).
      • Turkish: lastik
    • → Tunisian Arabic: يستيك (yastīk)

Further reading

• ἐλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἐλαστός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press