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ἄληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄληπτος ἄληπτη ἄληπτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + ληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not to be laid hold of, hard to catch, less amenable
  2. incomprehensible

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ληπτος ἄλήπτη ά̓ληπτον
Genitive ἀλήπτου ἄλήπτης ἀλήπτου
Dative ἀλήπτῳ ἄλήπτῃ ἀλήπτῳ
Accusative ά̓ληπτον ἄλήπτην ά̓ληπτον
Vocative ά̓ληπτε ἄλήπτη ά̓ληπτον
DualN/A/V ἀλήπτω ἄλήπτᾱ ἀλήπτω
G/D ἀλήπτοιν ἄλήπταιν ἀλήπτοιν
PluralNominative ά̓ληπτοι ά̓́ληπται ά̓ληπτα
Genitive ἀλήπτων ἄληπτῶν ἀλήπτων
Dative ἀλήπτοις ἄλήπταις ἀλήπτοις
Accusative ἀλήπτους ἄλήπτᾱς ά̓ληπτα
Vocative ά̓ληπτοι ά̓́ληπται ά̓ληπτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ληπτος ἀλήπτου ἀληπτότερος ἀληπτοτέρου ἀληπτότατος ἀληπτοτάτου
Adverb ἀλήπτως ἀληπτότερον ἀληπτότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἄκριτον δ’ ἡ τύχη πρᾶγμα καὶ ἄληπτον λογισμῷ. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 7:1)
  • "τὸ δ’ ἀληθὲσ ἴσωσ ἄληπτον ἔν γε τούτοισ, καὶ οὐκ ἔδει πρὸσ φιλόσοφον δόξῃ τε καὶ δυνάμει πρῶτον οὕτωσ ἀπαυθαδίσασθαι περὶ πράγματοσ ἀδήλου καὶ τοσαύτην ἀντιλογίαν ἔχοντοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 9:40)
  • εἰ γὰρ τὸ καθ’ ἕτερον κίνημα τῆσ διανοίασ ἄληπτόν ἐστιν, οὐκ εἰσόμεθα τὴν Πύρρωνοσ διάθεσιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 10:6)

Synonyms

  1. incomprehensible

Related

Derived

  • ληπτός (to be apprehended, , to be apprehended by the senses)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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