ἀπέταλος

See also: απέταλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓πέτηλος (apétēlos) — Ionic

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, alpha privativum) +‎ πέτᾰλον (pétalon, “leaf”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/ → /aˈpe.ta.los/ → /aˈpe.ta.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.pé.ta.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpe.ta.los/

Adjective

ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος • (āpétalos) m or f (neuter ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον); second declension

1. stripped of leaves, aphyllous, leafless
   • Palatine Anthology 6.190, (Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus 3):

     ἐλαίη

     elaíē

   • Palatine Anthology 9.231, (Antipater Thessalonicensis):

     πλατάνιστος

     platánistos

Declension

Second declension of ᾱ̓πέτᾰλος; ᾱ̓πέτᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: απέταλος (apétalos)
• → Latin: āpetalus

Further reading

• “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
• ἀπέτηλος 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