ἄφθιτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-dʰgʷʰi-tós, from *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”) with alpha privative (PIE *n̥-). Cognate to Sanskrit अक्षित (akṣita). By surface analysis, ἀ- (a-) + φθίω (phthíō) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ápʰ.tʰi.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈapʰ.tʰi.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaɸ.θi.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θi.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θi.tos/
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἄφθῐτος áphthitos |
ἄφθῐτον áphthiton |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἄφθῐτοι áphthitoi |
ἄφθῐτᾰ áphthita | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀφθῐ́του aphthítou |
ἀφθῐ́του aphthítou |
ἀφθῐ́τοιν aphthítoin |
ἀφθῐ́τοιν aphthítoin |
ἀφθῐ́των aphthítōn |
ἀφθῐ́των aphthítōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀφθῐ́τῳ aphthítōi |
ἀφθῐ́τῳ aphthítōi |
ἀφθῐ́τοιν aphthítoin |
ἀφθῐ́τοιν aphthítoin |
ἀφθῐ́τοις aphthítois |
ἀφθῐ́τοις aphthítois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄφθῐτον áphthiton |
ἄφθῐτον áphthiton |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἀφθῐ́τους aphthítous |
ἄφθῐτᾰ áphthita | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄφθῐτε áphthite |
ἄφθῐτον áphthiton |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἀφθῐ́τω aphthítō |
ἄφθῐτοι áphthitoi |
ἄφθῐτᾰ áphthita | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀφθῐ́τως aphthítōs |
ἀφθῐτώτερος aphthitṓteros |
ἀφθῐτώτᾰτος aphthitṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄφθιτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄφθιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄφθιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄφθιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄφθιτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- deathless idem, page 198.
- eternal idem, page 284.
- everlasting idem, page 285.
- immortal idem, page 418.
- imperishable idem, page 420.
- incorruptible idem, page 430.
- indestructible idem, page 432.
- undying idem, page 916.
- unfading idem, page 917.
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