ἀχάριστος
See also: αχάριστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + χαρίζω (kharízō) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kʰá.ris.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkʰa.ris.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ris.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ris.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈxa.ris.tos/
Adjective
ἀχάριστος • (akháristos) m or f (neuter ἀχάριστον); second declension
- ungracious, unpleasant, unpleasing
- without grace or charms
- unfavourable
- ungrateful, thankless, unthankful [with dative or πρός (prós, + accusative)]
- (Byzantine, nominalized, feminine) remedy, antidote
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ἀχάριστος.
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστος ăkhắrĭstos |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστον ăkhắrĭston |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστοι ăkhắrĭstoi |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστᾰ ăkhắrĭstă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στου ăkhărĭ́stou |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στου ăkhărĭ́stou |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοιν ăkhărĭ́stoin |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοιν ăkhărĭ́stoin |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στων ăkhărĭ́stōn |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στων ăkhărĭ́stōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στῳ ăkhărĭ́stōi |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στῳ ăkhărĭ́stōi |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοιν ăkhărĭ́stoin |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοιν ăkhărĭ́stoin |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοις ăkhărĭ́stois |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στοις ăkhărĭ́stois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστον ăkhắrĭston |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστον ăkhắrĭston |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στους ăkhărĭ́stous |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστᾰ ăkhắrĭstă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστε ăkhắrĭste |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστον ăkhắrĭston |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στω ăkhărĭ́stō |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστοι ăkhắrĭstoi |
ᾰ̓χᾰ́ρῐστᾰ ăkhắrĭstă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στως ăkhărĭ́stōs |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐ́στερος ăkhărĭ́steros |
ᾰ̓χᾰρῐστότᾰτος ăkhărĭstótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀχαριστέω (akharistéō)
Descendants
- Greek: αχάριστος (acháristos)
Further reading
Further reading
- “ἀχάριστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀχάριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀχάριστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀχάριστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἀχάριστος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ἀχάριστος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀχάριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀχάριστος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- G884 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- graceless idem, page 368.
- thankless idem, page 863.
- ungracious idem, page 919.
- ungrateful idem, page 920.
- unpleasant idem, page 927.
- unprepossessing idem, page 928.
- unwelcome idem, page 936.