ἄπαστος

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) +‎ πατέομαι (patéomai, “to eat”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).

ᾰ̓́πᾰστος • (ápastos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́πᾰστον); second declension

unfed, fasting
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.345–346:
  οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι / οἴχονται μετὰ δεῖπνον, ὃ δ’ ἄκμηνος καὶ ἄπαστος.
  hoì dè dḕ álloi / oíkhontai metà deîpnon, hò d’ ákmēnos kaì ápastos.
  The others / have now dispersed after dinner, but he is untended and unfed.

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓́πᾰστος ápastos	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ápastoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Genitive	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου apástou	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στου apástou	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων apástōn	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στων apástōn
Dative	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ apástōi	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στῳ apástōi	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοιν apástoin	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις apástois	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στοις apástois
Accusative	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στους apástous	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Vocative	ᾰ̓́πᾰστε ápaste	ᾰ̓́πᾰστον ápaston	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στω apástō	ᾰ̓́πᾰστοι ápastoi	ᾰ̓́πᾰστᾰ ápasta
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓πᾰ́στως apástōs		ᾰ̓πᾰστότερος apastóteros		ᾰ̓πᾰστότᾰτος apastótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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