ἄτοπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.to.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.pos/

Adjective

ἄτοπος • (átopos) m, f (neuter ἄτοπον); second declension

unusual, out of place
- καὶ λοιπὴν τὴν ΔΖ μονάδα μετρήσει ὁ Η ἀριθμὸς ὤν ὄπερ ἄτοπον.
  So H will also measure the remainder, unit ΔΖ, despite being a number. This very thing is absurd.

Inflection

Second declension of ἄτοπος; ἄτοπον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄτοπος átopos	ἄτοπον átopon	ἀτόπω atópō	ἀτόπω atópō	ἄτοποι átopoi	ἄτοπᾰ átopa
Genitive	ἀτόπου atópou	ἀτόπου atópou	ἀτόποιν atópoin	ἀτόποιν atópoin	ἀτόπων atópōn	ἀτόπων atópōn
Dative	ἀτόπῳ atópōi	ἀτόπῳ atópōi	ἀτόποιν atópoin	ἀτόποιν atópoin	ἀτόποις atópois	ἀτόποις atópois
Accusative	ἄτοπον átopon	ἄτοπον átopon	ἀτόπω atópō	ἀτόπω atópō	ἀτόπους atópous	ἄτοπᾰ átopa
Vocative	ἄτοπε átope	ἄτοπον átopon	ἀτόπω atópō	ἀτόπω atópō	ἄτοποι átopoi	ἄτοπᾰ átopa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀτόπως atópōs		ἀτοπώτερος atopṓteros		ἀτοπώτᾰτος atopṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

ἄτοπος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄτοπος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄτοπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄτοπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
G824 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
ἄτοπος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- absurd idem, page 4.
- anomalous idem, page 31.
- curious idem, page 190.
- eccentric idem, page 260.
- extraordinary idem, page 297.
- fantastic idem, page 306.
- far-fetched idem, page 306.
- frivolous idem, page 346.
- funny idem, page 350.
- grotesque idem, page 375.
- incongruous idem, page 429.
- monstrous idem, page 539.
- nondescript idem, page 562.
- odd idem, page 569.
- outlandish idem, page 582.
- paradoxical idem, page 591.
- peculiar idem, page 601.
- preposterous idem, page 636.
- quaint idem, page 662.
- queer idem, page 664.
- ridiculous idem, page 713.
- singular idem, page 779.
- strange idem, page 823.
- uncouth idem, page 911.
- unheard idem, page 921.
- unusual idem, page 935.
- way idem, page 968.
- weird idem, page 973.
- whimsical idem, page 976.
atopite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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