ἄτομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ τομ-, o-grade of the root of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Adjective

ἄτομος • (átomos) m or f (neuter ἄτομον); second declension

1. uncut
2. indivisible, not capable of being cut/divided into smaller pieces
3. undivided, individual

Declension

Second declension of ἄτομος; ἄτομον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄτομος átomos	ἄτομον átomon		ἀτόμω atómō	ἀτόμω atómō		ἄτομοι átomoi	ἄτομᾰ átomă
Genitive		ἀτόμου atómou	ἀτόμου atómou		ἀτόμοιν atómoin	ἀτόμοιν atómoin		ἀτόμων atómōn	ἀτόμων atómōn
Dative		ἀτόμῳ atómōi	ἀτόμῳ atómōi		ἀτόμοιν atómoin	ἀτόμοιν atómoin		ἀτόμοις atómois	ἀτόμοις atómois
Accusative		ἄτομον átomon	ἄτομον átomon		ἀτόμω atómō	ἀτόμω atómō		ἀτόμους atómous	ἄτομᾰ átomă
Vocative		ἄτομε átome	ἄτομον átomon		ἀτόμω atómō	ἀτόμω atómō		ἄτομοι átomoi	ἄτομᾰ átomă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀτόμως atómōs			ἀτομώτερος atomṓteros			ἀτομώτᾰτος atomṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄτομον (átomon)

Descendants

• Greek: άτομο (átomo) (from neuter ἄτομον (átomon))
• → Latin: atomus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἄτομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄτομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄτομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄτομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G823 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • unmown idem, page 926.