ἀλαός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Presumably from λάω (láō, “to see”), although a privative formation should have barytone accentuation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.la.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.laˈos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓λαός • (alaós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λαόν); second declension
- blind
- Synonym: τυφλός (tuphlós)
- invisible, imperceptible
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓λαός alaós |
ᾰ̓λαόν alaón |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí |
ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû |
ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû |
ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn |
ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn |
ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn |
ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi |
ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi |
ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn |
ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn |
ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs |
ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓λαόν alaón |
ᾰ̓λαόν alaón |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαούς alaoús |
ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓λαέ alaé |
ᾰ̓λαόν alaón |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ |
ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí |
ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓λαῶς alaôs |
ᾰ̓λαότερος alaóteros |
ᾰ̓λαότᾰτος alaótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλαοσκοπιή (alaoskopiḗ)
- ἀλαοτόκος (alaotókos)
- ἀλαόω (alaóō)
- ἀλαωτύς (alaōtús)
Further reading
- “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀλαός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλαός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλαός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλαός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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