ἀλαός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Presumably from λάω (láō, “to see”), although a privative formation should have barytone accentuation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.ós/ → /a.laˈos/ → /a.laˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.laˈos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓λαός • (alaós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λαόν); second declension

1. blind

   Synonym: τυφλός (tuphlós)

2. invisible, imperceptible

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓λαός; ᾰ̓λαόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓λαός alaós	ᾰ̓λαόν alaón		ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ		ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá
Genitive		ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû	ᾰ̓λαοῦ alaoû		ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn	ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn		ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn	ᾰ̓λαῶν alaôn
Dative		ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi	ᾰ̓λαῷ alaôi		ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn	ᾰ̓λαοῖν alaoîn		ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs	ᾰ̓λαοῖς alaoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓λαόν alaón	ᾰ̓λαόν alaón		ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ		ᾰ̓λαούς alaoús	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá
Vocative		ᾰ̓λαέ alaé	ᾰ̓λαόν alaón		ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ	ᾰ̓λαώ alaṓ		ᾰ̓λαοί alaoí	ᾰ̓λαᾰ́ alaá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓λαῶς alaôs			ᾰ̓λαότερος alaóteros			ᾰ̓λαότᾰτος alaótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλαοσκοπιή (alaoskopiḗ)
• ἀλαοτόκος (alaotókos)
• ἀλαόω (alaóō)
• ἀλαωτύς (alaōtús)

Further reading

• “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀλαός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλαός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀλαός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN