Uncertain, but possibly from ἄπαστος (ápastos, “fasting”). Otherwise, maybe of Semitic origin, compare Arabic حَبَّسَ (ḥabbasa, “to imprison”), Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš, “to bind, tie”) and Safaitic (ḥabīsat, “enclosure”).
ἄπαστον • (ápaston) n (genitive ἀπάστου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston |
τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō |
τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀπάστου toû apástou |
τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin |
τῶν ἀπάστων tôn apástōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀπάστῳ tôi apástōi |
τοῖν ἀπάστοιν toîn apástoin |
τοῖς ἀπάστοις toîs apástois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄπαστον tò ápaston |
τὼ ἀπάστω tṑ apástō |
τᾰ̀ ἄπαστᾰ tà ápasta | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄπαστον ápaston |
ἀπάστω apástō |
ἄπαστᾰ ápasta | ||||||||||
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