ἀκάματος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ᾰ̓- (ă-) + κᾰ́μᾰτος (kắmătos)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ká.ma.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
With first syllable lengthened for metrical purposes:
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.ká.ma.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈka.ma.tos/
Adjective
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτος • (ā̆kắmătos) m (feminine ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτος or ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τη, neuter ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον); first/second declension
- tireless; indefatigable
- Synonym: ᾰ̓κᾰ́μᾱς (ăkắmās)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτος ā̆kắmătos |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτος ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τη ā̆kắmătos ā̆kămắtē |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον ā̆kắmăton |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τᾱ ā̆kămắtō ā̆kămắtā |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτοι ā̆kắmătoi |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτοι ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰται ā̆kắmătoi ā̆kắmătai |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ ā̆kắmătă | |||||
| Genitive | ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́του ā̆kămắtou |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́του ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́της ā̆kămắtou ā̆kămắtēs |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́του ā̆kămắtou |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ā̆kămắtoin |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́ταιν ā̆kămắtoin ā̆kămắtain |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ā̆kămắtoin |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́των ā̆kămắtōn |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́των ā̆kămắtōn |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́των ā̆kămắtōn | |||||
| Dative | ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τῳ ā̆kămắtōi |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τῳ ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τῃ ā̆kămắtōi ā̆kămắtēi |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τῳ ā̆kămắtōi |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ā̆kămắtoin |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́ταιν ā̆kămắtoin ā̆kămắtain |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοιν ā̆kămắtoin |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοις ā̆kămắtois |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοις ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́ταις ā̆kămắtois ā̆kămắtais |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τοις ā̆kămắtois | |||||
| Accusative | ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον ā̆kắmăton |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́την ā̆kắmăton ā̆kămắtēn |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον ā̆kắmăton |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τᾱ ā̆kămắtō ā̆kămắtā |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τους ā̆kămắtous |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τους ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τᾱς ā̆kămắtous ā̆kămắtās |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ ā̆kắmătă | |||||
| Vocative | ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτε ā̆kắmăte |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτε ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τη ā̆kắmăte ā̆kămắtē |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτον ā̆kắmăton |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τᾱ ā̆kămắtō ā̆kămắtā |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τω ā̆kămắtō |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτοι ā̆kắmătoi |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτοι ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰται ā̆kắmătoi ā̆kắmătai |
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ ā̆kắmătă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τως ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰτεί ā̆kămắtōs ā̆kắmătă ā̆kămăteí |
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Derived terms
- ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ (ā̆kắmătă)
- ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰτεί (ā̆kămăteí)
- ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τως (ā̆kămắtōs)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓κᾰ́μᾱς (ăkắmās)
- ᾰ̓κᾰμᾰ́της (ăkămắtēs)
Descendants
- Greek: ακάματος (akámatos)
Further reading
- “ἀκάμᾰτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀ·κάματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκάματος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- “ἀ-κάματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκάματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.