ἄρρωστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ ῥώννυμι (rhṓnnumi, “to strengthen”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɔːs.tos/ → /ˈar.ros.tos/ → /ˈa.ros.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɔːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ros.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ros.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ros.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ros.tos/

Adjective

ἄρρωστος • (árrhōstos) m or f (neuter ἄρρωστον); second declension

1. ill, sickly
2. morally feeble

Declension

Second declension of ἄρρωστος; ἄρρωστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄρρωστος árrhōstos	ἄρρωστον árrhōston		ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō	ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō		ἄρρωστοι árrhōstoi	ἄρρωστᾰ árrhōsta
Genitive		ἀρρώστου arrhṓstou	ἀρρώστου arrhṓstou		ἀρρώστοιν arrhṓstoin	ἀρρώστοιν arrhṓstoin		ἀρρώστων arrhṓstōn	ἀρρώστων arrhṓstōn
Dative		ἀρρώστῳ arrhṓstōi	ἀρρώστῳ arrhṓstōi		ἀρρώστοιν arrhṓstoin	ἀρρώστοιν arrhṓstoin		ἀρρώστοις arrhṓstois	ἀρρώστοις arrhṓstois
Accusative		ἄρρωστον árrhōston	ἄρρωστον árrhōston		ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō	ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō		ἀρρώστους arrhṓstous	ἄρρωστᾰ árrhōsta
Vocative		ἄρρωστε árrhōste	ἄρρωστον árrhōston		ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō	ἀρρώστω arrhṓstō		ἄρρωστοι árrhōstoi	ἄρρωστᾰ árrhōsta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀρρώστως arrhṓstōs			ἀρρωστότερος arrhōstóteros			ἀρρωστότᾰτος arrhōstótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄρρωστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄρρωστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G732 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible