ἀπειρέσιος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 7 July 2021

Alternative forms

ἀπερείσῐος (apereísĭos) — alternative metrical lengthening

Etymology

From *ᾰ̓περέσῐος (*ăperésĭos) by metrical lengthening, from the root περ- (per-) of πέρᾰς (pérăs).

Or from a verbal adjective base α-περ-ετος not well attested, and the suffix -ιος. (LOS SUFIJOS Y -jo- EN GRIEGO:UNA APROXIMACIÓN COMPARATIVA'Francisco J. Martínez GarcíaJ. W. Goethe-Universitdt, Frankfurt am Main page 315.)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.peː.ré.si.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.piˈre.si.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.piˈre.si.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.piˈre.si.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.piˈre.si.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓πειρέσῐος • (ăpeirésĭos) m (feminine ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ᾱ or ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́η, neuter ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον); first/second declension (Epic)

boundless, immense
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.57–58:
  Αὐτὰρ νέρθε Ποσειδάων ἐτίναξε
  γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην ὀρέων τ’ αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα.
  Autàr nérthe Poseidáōn etínaxe
  gaîan apeiresíēn oréōn t’ aipeinà kárēna.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.620–621:
  Ζηνὸς μὲν πάϊς ἦα Κρονίονος, αὐτὰρ ὀϊζὺν / εἶχον ἀπειρεσίην.
  Zēnòs mèn páïs êa Kroníonos, autàr oïzùn / eîkhon apeiresíēn.
  I am a child of Zeus son of Cronus, but I have immense grief
- Batrachomyomachia, 4
countless
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.174:
  Κρήτη τις γαῖ’ ἔστι μέσῳ ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ,
  καλὴ καὶ πίειρα, περίῤῥυτος· ἐν δ’ ἄνθρωποι
  πολλοὶ ἀπειρέσιοι, καὶ ἐννήκοντα πόληες.
  Krḗtē tis gaî’ ésti mésōi enì oínopi póntōi,
  kalḕ kaì píeira, perírrhutos; en d’ ánthrōpoi
  polloì apeirésioi, kaì ennḗkonta pólēes.
  Crete is a land in the middle of the wine-dark sea, beautiful and fat, surrounded with water: in it many countless men, and ninety cities
- c. 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Fr. 134.4
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 25.100
- 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, 40

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̓πειρέσῐος; ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́η; ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐος ăpeirésĭos	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́η ăpeiresĭ́ē	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον ăpeirésĭon	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ᾱ ăpeiresĭ́ā	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐοι ăpeirésĭoi	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐαι ăpeirésĭai	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐᾰ ăpeirésĭă
Genitive	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιο ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οο ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ου ăpeiresĭ́oio ăpeiresĭ́oo ăpeiresĭ́ou	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ης ăpeiresĭ́ēs	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιο ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οο ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ου ăpeiresĭ́oio ăpeiresĭ́oo ăpeiresĭ́ou	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́oiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́αιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́aiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́oiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ων ăpeiresĭ́ōn	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐᾱ́ων ᾰ̓πειρεσῐέων ᾰ̓πειρεσῐῶν ăpeiresĭā́ōn ăpeiresĭéōn ăpeiresĭôn	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ων ăpeiresĭ́ōn
Dative	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῳ ăpeiresĭ́ōi	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῃ ăpeiresĭ́ēi	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῳ ăpeiresĭ́ōi	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́oiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́αιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́aiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οιῐ̈ν ăpeiresĭ́oiĭ̈n	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οισῐ ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οισῐν ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οις ăpeiresĭ́oisĭ(n) ăpeiresĭ́ois	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῃσῐ ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῃσῐν ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ῃς ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́αις ăpeiresĭ́ēisĭ(n) ăpeiresĭ́ēis ăpeiresĭ́ais	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οισῐ ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οισῐν ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́οις ăpeiresĭ́oisĭ(n) ăpeiresĭ́ois
Accusative	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον ăpeirésĭon	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ην ăpeiresĭ́ēn	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον ăpeirésĭon	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ᾱ ăpeiresĭ́ā	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ους ăpeiresĭ́ous	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ᾱς ăpeiresĭ́ās	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐᾰ ăpeirésĭă
Vocative	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐε ăpeirésĭe	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́η ăpeiresĭ́ē	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐον ăpeirésĭon	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ᾱ ăpeiresĭ́ā	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ω ăpeiresĭ́ō	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐοι ăpeirésĭoi	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐαι ăpeirésĭai	ᾰ̓πειρέσῐᾰ ăpeirésĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓πειρεσῐ́ως ăpeiresĭ́ōs			ᾰ̓πειρεσῐώτερος ăpeiresĭṓteros			ᾰ̓πειρεσῐώτᾰτος ăpeiresĭṓtătos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.