ἄσπετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-skʷ-e-tos, from *n̥- (“un-”) (ἀ- (a-)) + *sekʷ- (“to say”)

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

ἄσπετος • (áspetos) m or f (neuter ἄσπετον); second declension

(Epic)
  1. inexpressible
  2. (especially) inexpressibly great, vast

Declension
Second declension of ἄσπετος; ἄσπετον (Epic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative ἄσπετος
áspetos		 ἄσπετον
áspeton		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἄσπετοι
áspetoi		 ἄσπετᾰ
áspeta
Genitive ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο
aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo		 ἀσπέτου / ἀσπετοῖο / ἀσπέτοιο / ἀσπετόο / ἀσπέτοο
aspétou / aspetoîo / aspétoio / aspetóo / aspétoo		 ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiin		 ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiin		 ἀσπέτων
aspétōn		 ἀσπέτων
aspétōn
Dative ἀσπέτῳ
aspétōi		 ἀσπέτῳ
aspétōi		 ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiin		 ἀσπέτοιῐν
aspétoiin		 ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις
aspétoisi(n) / aspétois		 ἀσπέτοισῐ / ἀσπέτοισῐν / ἀσπέτοις
aspétoisi(n) / aspétois
Accusative ἄσπετον
áspeton		 ἄσπετον
áspeton		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἀσπέτους
aspétous		 ἄσπετᾰ
áspeta
Vocative ἄσπετε
áspete		 ἄσπετον
áspeton		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἀσπέτω
aspétō		 ἄσπετοι
áspetoi		 ἄσπετᾰ
áspeta
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
ἀσπέτως
aspétōs		 ἀσπετώτερος
aspetṓteros		 ἀσπετώτᾰτος
aspetṓtatos
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • ἄσπετος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἄσπετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἄσπετος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • vast idem, page 945.
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