ἄκλιτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) + κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to decline”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix). Diachronically from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-ḱlitós, formed from the root *ḱley- (“to incline, slope”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kli.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kli.tos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́κλῐτος • (áklitos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κλῐτον); second declension (Koine)
- unwavering, stable
- (grammar) indeclinable
- 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 19:
- ἐπίρρημά ἐστι μέρος λόγου ἄκλιτον
- epírrhēmá esti méros lógou ákliton
- An adverb is an indeclinable part of speech.
- ἐπίρρημά ἐστι μέρος λόγου ἄκλιτον
- (geometry) perpendicular
- (grammar) indeclinable
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτος áklitos |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτοι áklitoi |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓κλῐ́του aklítou |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́του aklítou |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́των aklítōn |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́των aklítōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓κλῐ́τῳ aklítōi |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τῳ aklítōi |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοιν aklítoin |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοις aklítois |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τοις aklítois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τους aklítous |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́κλῐτε áklite |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτον ákliton |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓κλῐ́τω aklítō |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτοι áklitoi |
ᾰ̓́κλῐτᾰ áklita | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓κλῐ́τως aklítōs |
ᾰ̓κλῐτώτερος aklitṓteros |
ᾰ̓κλῐτώτᾰτος aklitṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: άκλιτος (áklitos)
Further reading
- “ἄκλιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκλιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- ἄκλιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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