ἄρρηκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɛːk.tos/ → /ˈar.rik.tos/ → /ˈa.rik.tos/

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

Adjective

ἄρρηκτος • (árrhēktos) m or f (neuter ἄρρηκτον); second declension

1. unbroken (whole, not divided into parts)

   Synonym: ἀρραγής (arrhagḗs)

2. unbreakable (difficult or impossible to break)

   Synonym: ἀρραγής (arrhagḗs)

Declension

Second declension of ἄρρηκτος; ἄρρηκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄρρηκτος árrhēktos	ἄρρηκτον árrhēkton		ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō	ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō		ἄρρηκτοι árrhēktoi	ἄρρηκτᾰ árrhēkta
Genitive		ἀρρήκτου arrhḗktou	ἀρρήκτου arrhḗktou		ἀρρήκτοιν arrhḗktoin	ἀρρήκτοιν arrhḗktoin		ἀρρήκτων arrhḗktōn	ἀρρήκτων arrhḗktōn
Dative		ἀρρήκτῳ arrhḗktōi	ἀρρήκτῳ arrhḗktōi		ἀρρήκτοιν arrhḗktoin	ἀρρήκτοιν arrhḗktoin		ἀρρήκτοις arrhḗktois	ἀρρήκτοις arrhḗktois
Accusative		ἄρρηκτον árrhēkton	ἄρρηκτον árrhēkton		ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō	ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō		ἀρρήκτους arrhḗktous	ἄρρηκτᾰ árrhēkta
Vocative		ἄρρηκτε árrhēkte	ἄρρηκτον árrhēkton		ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō	ἀρρήκτω arrhḗktō		ἄρρηκτοι árrhēktoi	ἄρρηκτᾰ árrhēkta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀρρήκτως arrhḗktōs			ἀρρηκτότερος arrhēktóteros			ἀρρηκτότᾰτος arrhēktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Greek: άρρηκτος (árriktos) (inherited)

Further reading

• “ἄρρηκτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄρρηκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρρηκτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄρρηκτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄρρηκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄρρηκτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • impenetrable idem, page 420.
  • impervious idem, page 421.
  • indissoluble idem, page 434.
  • inextricable idem, page 436.
  • unbreakable idem, page 908.