παίκτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παίζω (paízō, “I play”) + -της (-tēs) using an alternative stem παιγ- (paig-) which is also found in παῖγμα (paîgma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pǎi̯k.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpɛk.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpɛk.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpek.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpek.tis/
Noun
παίκτης • (paíktēs) m (genitive παίκτου); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ παίκτης ho paíktēs |
τὼ παίκτᾱ tṑ paíktā |
οἱ παῖκται hoi paîktai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ παίκτου toû paíktou |
τοῖν παίκταιν toîn paíktain |
τῶν παικτῶν tôn paiktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ παίκτῃ tōî paíktēi |
τοῖν παίκταιν toîn paíktain |
τοῖς παίκταις toîs paíktais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν παίκτην tòn paíktēn |
τὼ παίκτᾱ tṑ paíktā |
τοὺς παίκτᾱς toùs paíktās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | παῖκτᾰ paîktă |
παίκτᾱ paíktā |
παῖκται paîktai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παίκτης (paíktis)
References
- “παίκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Alternative forms
- παίχτης m (paíchtis)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παίκτης (paíktēs).
Noun
παίκτης • (paíktis) m (plural παίκτες, feminine παίκτρια or παίχτρια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παίκτης (paíktis) | παίκτες (paíktes) |
| genitive | παίκτη (paíkti) | παικτών (paiktón) |
| accusative | παίκτη (paíkti) | παίκτες (paíktes) |
| vocative | παίκτη (paíkti) | παίκτες (paíktes) |
Related terms
- παιχνίδι n (paichnídi, “game, toy”)