ἐλαστός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.las.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.lasˈtos/

Adjective

ἐλᾰστός • (elăstós) m (feminine ἐλᾰστή, neuter ἐλᾰστόν); first/second declension

alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”)

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλᾰστός; ἐλᾰστή; ἐλᾰστόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐλᾰστός elăstós	ἐλᾰστή elăstḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστοί elăstoí	ἐλᾰσταί elăstaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Genitive	ἐλᾰστοῦ elăstoû	ἐλᾰστῆς elăstês	ἐλᾰστοῦ elăstoû	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elăstaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn	ἐλᾰστῶν elăstôn
Dative	ἐλᾰστῷ elăstōî	ἐλᾰστῇ elăstēî	ἐλᾰστῷ elăstōî	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰσταῖν elăstaîn	ἐλᾰστοῖν elăstoîn	ἐλᾰστοῖς elăstoîs	ἐλᾰσταῖς elăstaîs	ἐλᾰστοῖς elăstoîs
Accusative	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón	ἐλᾰστήν elăstḗn	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστούς elăstoús	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ς elăstā́s	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Vocative	ἐλᾰστέ elăsté	ἐλᾰστή elăstḗ	ἐλᾰστόν elăstón	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστᾱ́ elăstā́	ἐλᾰστώ elăstṓ	ἐλᾰστοί elăstoí	ἐλᾰσταί elăstaí	ἐλᾰστᾰ́ elăstắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐλᾰστῶς elăstôs			ἐλᾰστότερος elăstóteros			ἐλᾰστότᾰτος elăstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: elasto-
→ Esperanto: elasta
→⇒ New Latin: elasticus
- French: élastique (“elastic”, adjective)
  - → Catalan: elàstic
  - → Dutch: elastiek
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: lástik
    - → Indonesian: elastik
    - → Papiamentu: elastik, alestik
  - → English: elastic, elastick (obsolete)
    - → Malay: elastik
  - → German: elastisch
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: elastikk
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: elastikk
  - → Polish: elastyczny
  - → Romansh: elastic
  - → Persian: الاستیک (elâstik)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: الاستیق (elastik, elastık).
    - Turkish: elastik
- French: élastique (“rubber band”)
  - → Egyptian Arabic: أستيكة (astīka)
  - → Moroccan Arabic: لستيك (lastīk)
  - → Persian: لاستیک (lâstik)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: لاستیق (lastik, lastık).
    - Turkish: lastik
  - → Tunisian Arabic: يستيك (yastīk)

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

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