ὁριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὁρίζω (horízō, “separate, delimit”) +‎ -τός (-tós, “a suffix that creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.ris.tós/ → /o.risˈtos/ → /o.risˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.ris.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.risˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.risˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.risˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.risˈtos/

Adjective

ὁριστός • (horistós) m (feminine ὁριστή, neuter ὁριστόν); first/second declension

1. separable, definite

Declension

First and second declension of ὁριστός; ὁριστή; ὁριστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁριστός horistós	ὁριστή horistḗ	ὁριστόν horistón		ὁριστώ horistṓ	ὁριστᾱ́ horistā́	ὁριστώ horistṓ		ὁριστοί horistoí	ὁρισταί horistaí	ὁριστᾰ́ horistá
Genitive		ὁριστοῦ horistoû	ὁριστῆς horistês	ὁριστοῦ horistoû		ὁριστοῖν horistoîn	ὁρισταῖν horistaîn	ὁριστοῖν horistoîn		ὁριστῶν horistôn	ὁριστῶν horistôn	ὁριστῶν horistôn
Dative		ὁριστῷ horistôi	ὁριστῇ horistêi	ὁριστῷ horistôi		ὁριστοῖν horistoîn	ὁρισταῖν horistaîn	ὁριστοῖν horistoîn		ὁριστοῖς horistoîs	ὁρισταῖς horistaîs	ὁριστοῖς horistoîs
Accusative		ὁριστόν horistón	ὁριστήν horistḗn	ὁριστόν horistón		ὁριστώ horistṓ	ὁριστᾱ́ horistā́	ὁριστώ horistṓ		ὁριστούς horistoús	ὁριστᾱ́ς horistā́s	ὁριστᾰ́ horistá
Vocative		ὁριστέ horisté	ὁριστή horistḗ	ὁριστόν horistón		ὁριστώ horistṓ	ὁριστᾱ́ horistā́	ὁριστώ horistṓ		ὁριστοί horistoí	ὁρισταί horistaí	ὁριστᾰ́ horistá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁριστῶς horistôs				ὁριστότερος horistóteros				ὁριστότᾰτος horistótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ἀόριστος (aóristos)

Further reading

• “ὁριστός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ὁριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press