ἀλάστωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄλαστος (álastos, “insufferable”) + -τωρ (-tōr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lás.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈlas.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈlas.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈlas.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈlas.tor/
Noun
ἀλᾰ́στωρ • (alắstōr) m or f (genitive ἀλᾰ́στορος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ ἀλᾰ́στωρ ho / hē alắstōr |
τὼ ἀλᾰ́στορε tṑ alắstore |
οἱ / αἱ ἀλᾰ́στορες hoi / hai alắstores | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς ἀλᾰ́στορος toû / tês alắstoros |
τοῖν ἀλᾰστόροιν toîn alăstóroin |
τῶν ἀλᾰστόρων tôn alăstórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ ἀλᾰ́στορῐ tōî / tēî alắstorĭ |
τοῖν ἀλᾰστόροιν toîn alăstóroin |
τοῖς / ταῖς ἀλᾰ́στορσῐ / ἀλᾰ́στορσῐν toîs / taîs alắstorsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν ἀλᾰ́στορᾰ tòn / tḕn alắstoră |
τὼ ἀλᾰ́στορε tṑ alắstore |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ἀλᾰ́στορᾰς toùs / tā̀s alắstorăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλᾰ́στορ alắstor |
ἀλᾰ́στορε alắstore |
ἀλᾰ́στορες alắstores | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλᾰστορῐ́ᾱ (alăstorĭ́ā)
- ἀλᾰ́στορος (alắstoros)
Further reading
- “ἀλάστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλάστωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλάστωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)