ἀτασθαλία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀτασθαλίη (atasthalíē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From ἀτάσθαλος (atásthalos, “foolish”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tas.tʰa.lí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tas.tʰaˈli.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.tas.θaˈli.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.tas.θaˈli.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.tas.θaˈli.a/

Noun

ἀτασθαλίᾱ • (atasthalíā) f (genitive ἀτασθαλίᾱς); first declension

(in Homer, always in the plural) criminal folly, recklessness, heedlessness, wickedness
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.6–7:
  Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧς ἑτάρους ἐρρῡ́σατο, ῑ̔έμενός περ·
  αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο,
  νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς Ὑπερῑ́ονος Ἠελίοιο
  ἤσθιον·
  All’ oud’ hôs hetárous errhū́sato, hīémenós per;
  autôn gàr sphetérēisin atasthalíēisin ólonto,
  nḗpioi, hoì katà boûs Huperī́onos Ēelíoio
  ḗsthion;
  But despite that did not save his comrades, though he wanted to:
  for they were destroyed by their own recklessness:
  childish fools, who devoured the cattle of the High Sun:
deeds characterized by this quality: wicked deeds
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.146–147:
  ἀτασθαλίαι δέ οἱ οἴῳ
  ἐχθραὶ ἔσαν,
  atasthalíai dé hoi oíōi
  ekhthraì ésan,
  To him alone wicked deeds
  were hateful,

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ hē atasthalíā	τὼ ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ tṑ atasthalíā	αἱ ἀτασθαλῐ́αι hai atasthalíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱς tês atasthalíās	τοῖν ἀτασθαλῐ́αιν toîn atasthalíain	τῶν ἀτασθαλῐῶν tôn atasthaliôn
Dative	τῇ ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾳ têi atasthalíāi	τοῖν ἀτασθαλῐ́αιν toîn atasthalíain	ταῖς ἀτασθαλῐ́αις taîs atasthalíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱν tḕn atasthalíān	τὼ ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ tṑ atasthalíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s atasthalíās
Vocative	ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ atasthalíā	ἀτασθαλῐ́ᾱ atasthalíā	ἀτασθαλῐ́αι atasthalíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: ατασθαλία (atasthalía) (learned)

Further reading

“ἀτασθαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀτασθαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀτασθαλία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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