ἀμίαντος

See also: αμίαντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ μιαίνω (miaínō, “stain, defile”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mí.an.tos/ → /aˈmi.an.tos/ → /aˈmi.an.dos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mí.an.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.an.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.an.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.an.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.an.dos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντος • (amíantos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον); second declension

1. undefiled, pure
2. not to be defiled
3. (substantive) a greenish stone like asbestos

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντος; ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντος amíantos	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον amíanton		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō		ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντοι amíantoi	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντᾰ amíanta
Genitive		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντου amiántou	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντου amiántou		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοιν amiántoin	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοιν amiántoin		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντων amiántōn	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντων amiántōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντῳ amiántōi	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντῳ amiántōi		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοιν amiántoin	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοιν amiántoin		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοις amiántois	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντοις amiántois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον amíanton	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον amíanton		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντους amiántous	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντᾰ amíanta
Vocative		ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντε amíante	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντον amíanton		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō	ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντω amiántō		ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντοι amíantoi	ᾰ̓μῐ́ᾰντᾰ amíanta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μῐᾰ́ντως amiántōs			ᾰ̓μῐᾰντότερος amiantóteros			ᾰ̓μῐᾰντότᾰτος amiantótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αμίαντος (amíantos)
• → Latin: amiantus
  • French: amiante
• → Old Georgian: ამინატონი (aminaṭoni)

Further reading

• “ἀμίαντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμίαντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμίαντος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμίαντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀμίαντος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G283 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible