ἀπέταλος
See also: απέταλος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ἀ- (a-, alpha privativum) + πέτᾰλον (pétalon, “leaf”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
Adjective
[edit]*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος • (*āpétalos) m or f (neuter *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον); second declension (Koine)
- stripped of leaves, aphyllous, leafless
- Palatine Anthology 6.190.5, (Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus):[1]
- καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην,
- kaì taútēn apétēlon halinḗkteiran elaíēn,
- καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην,
- Palatine Anthology 9.231.4, (Antipater Thessalonicensis):[2]
- ἡ ταύτης οὐκ ἀπετηλοτέρη·
- hē taútēs ouk apetēlotérē;
- ἡ ταύτης οὐκ ἀπετηλοτέρη·
Usage notes
[edit]- Only the Ionic spelling (ἀπέτηλος) is attested in ancient sources.
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος *āpétalos |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétaloi |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala | ||||||||
Genitive | *ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetálou |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λου *āpetálou |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetálōn |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λων *āpetálōn | ||||||||
Dative | *ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetálōi |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λῳ *āpetálōi |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοιν *āpetáloin |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetálois |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λοις *āpetálois | ||||||||
Accusative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λους *āpetálous |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala | ||||||||
Vocative | *ᾱ̓πέτᾰλε *āpétale |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον *āpétalon |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λω *āpetálō |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλοι *āpétaloi |
*ᾱ̓πέτᾰλᾰ *āpétala | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
*ᾱ̓πετᾰ́λως *āpetálōs |
*ᾱ̓πετᾰλότερος *āpetalóteros |
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Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀπέτηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀπέταλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπέταλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ἀπέτηλος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “ἀπέτηλος”, “ἀπέταλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011