Chapter 145 A School Grammar of Attic Greek Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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VI. CONSNANT DΕCLENSION : ADJECTIVES 145 Some nouns of classes already described were originally adjectives and continued to be used as such, masculine and feminine alike (neuter, too, when there is one) of one ending:

φυγάς, φυγάδ-ος exiled (like ἐλπίς, 114), γυμνής, γυμνῆτ-ος light-armed, πένης, πένητ-ος poor.

With these belong some other adjectives, as

μάκαρ, μάκαρ-ος blessed (cp. 102), ἅρπαξ, ἅρπαγ-ος rapacious (cp. 109), ἀγνώς, ἀγνῶτ-ος unknown (cp. 112), ἄπαις, ἄπαιδ-ος childless (cp. 114).