ἄστατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) + the root of ἵστημι (hístēmi) +‎ -τος (-tos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.ta.tos/ → /ˈas.ta.tos/ → /ˈas.ta.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.ta.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.tos/

Adjective

ἄστᾰτος • (ástatos) m or f (neuter ἄστᾰτον); second declension

1. unstable

Declension

Second declension of ἄστᾰτος; ἄστᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄστᾰτος ástatos	ἄστᾰτον ástaton		ἀστᾰ́τω astátō	ἀστᾰ́τω astátō		ἄστᾰτοι ástatoi	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástata
Genitive		ἀστᾰ́του astátou	ἀστᾰ́του astátou		ἀστᾰ́τοιν astátoin	ἀστᾰ́τοιν astátoin		ἀστᾰ́των astátōn	ἀστᾰ́των astátōn
Dative		ἀστᾰ́τῳ astátōi	ἀστᾰ́τῳ astátōi		ἀστᾰ́τοιν astátoin	ἀστᾰ́τοιν astátoin		ἀστᾰ́τοις astátois	ἀστᾰ́τοις astátois
Accusative		ἄστᾰτον ástaton	ἄστᾰτον ástaton		ἀστᾰ́τω astátō	ἀστᾰ́τω astátō		ἀστᾰ́τους astátous	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástata
Vocative		ἄστᾰτε ástate	ἄστᾰτον ástaton		ἀστᾰ́τω astátō	ἀστᾰ́τω astátō		ἄστᾰτοι ástatoi	ἄστᾰτᾰ ástata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀστᾰ́τως astátōs			ἀστᾰτώτερος astatṓteros			ἀστᾰτώτᾰτος astatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: astat
• → Danish: astat
• →⇒ English: astatine
• → Esperanto: astato
• → Icelandic: astat
• → Italian: astato
• →⇒ Latin: astatium
  • → Dutch: astatium
  • → Hungarian: asztácium
• → Latvian: astats
• → Macedonian: астат (astat)
• → Maltese: astat
• → Norwegian Bokmål: astat
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: astat
• → Polish: astat
• → Portuguese: astato
• → Russian: аста́т (astát)
  • → Kazakh: астат (astat)
• → Serbo-Croatian: astat
• → Slovene: astat
• → Spanish: astato
• → Swedish: astat
• → Ukrainian: аста́т (astát)

Further reading

• ἄστατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄστατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄστατος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἄστατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press