θωρηκτής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θώρηξ (thṓrēx), Epic form of θώρᾱξ (thṓrāx, “cuirass, breastplate”) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɔː.rɛːk.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰo.re̝kˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θo.rikˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θo.rikˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θo.rikˈtis/
Adjective
θωρηκτής • (thōrēktḗs) (masculine only)
- (Epic) equipped with a cuirass or breastplate
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | θωρηκτής thōrēktḗs |
θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́ |
θωρηκταί thōrēktaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | θωρηκτᾶο / θωρηκτέ͜ω / θωρηκτῶ thōrēktâo / thōrēkté͜ō / thōrēktô |
θωρηκταῖν / θωρηκταῖῐν / θωρηκτῇῐν thōrēktaî(ĭ)n / thōrēktēîĭn |
θωρηκτᾱ́ων / θωρηκτέ͜ων / θωρηκτῶν thōrēktā́ōn / thōrēkté͜ōn / thōrēktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | θωρηκτῇ thōrēktēî |
θωρηκταῖν / θωρηκταῖῐν / θωρηκτῇῐν thōrēktaî(ĭ)n / thōrēktēîĭn |
θωρηκτῇς / θωρηκτῇσῐ / θωρηκτῇσῐν / θωρηκταῖς thōrēktēîs / thōrēktēîsĭ(n) / thōrēktaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | θωρηκτήν thōrēktḗn |
θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́ |
θωρηκτᾱ́ς thōrēktā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θωρηκτᾰ́ thōrēktắ |
θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́ |
θωρηκταί thōrēktaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θωρηκτής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θωρηκτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θωρηκτής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- θωρηκτής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “θωρηκτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press