Κτησίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κτῆσις (ktêsis, “possession”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κτησῐ́ᾱς • (Ktēsĭ́ās) m (genitive Κτησῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name
  2. Ctesias, a 5th-century physician and historian

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κτησῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Κτησῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κτησῐ́ᾱς
ho Ktēsĭ́ās
Genitive τοῦ Κτησῐ́ου
toû Ktēsĭ́ou
Dative τῷ Κτησῐ́ᾳ
tōî Ktēsĭ́āi
Accusative τὸν Κτησῐ́ᾱν
tòn Ktēsĭ́ān
Vocative Κτησῐ́ᾱ
Ktēsĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Κτησίας (Ktisías)
  • Latin: Ctesias

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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