παράκοιτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
παρα- (para-, “alongside”) + κοίτη (koítē, “bed”), thus literally ‘bed partner’.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.koi̯.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.ky.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.cy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.cy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.ci.tis/
Noun
πᾰράκοιτῐς • (părákoitĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰκοίτῐος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰρᾰ́κοιτῐς hē părắkoitĭs |
τὼ πᾰρᾰκοίτῐε tṑ părăkoítĭe |
αἱ πᾰρᾰκοίτῐες hai părăkoítĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰρᾰκοίτῐος tês părăkoítĭos |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰκοιτῐ́οιν toîn părăkoitĭ́oin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰκοιτῐ́ων tôn părăkoitĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰρᾰκοίτῑ tēî părăkoítī |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰκοιτῐ́οιν toîn părăkoitĭ́oin |
ταῖς πᾰρᾰκοίτῐσῐ / πᾰρᾰκοίτῐσῐν taîs părăkoítĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰρᾰ́κοιτῐν / πᾰρᾰκοίτῐδᾰ tḕn părắkoitĭn / părăkoítĭdă |
τὼ πᾰρᾰκοίτῐε tṑ părăkoítĭe |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰκοίτῑς / πᾰρᾰκοίτῐᾰς tā̀s părăkoítīs / părăkoítĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́κοιτῐ părắkoitĭ |
πᾰρᾰκοίτῐε părăkoítĭe |
πᾰρᾰκοίτῐες părăkoítĭes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Coordinate terms
- παρακοίτης m (parakoítēs)
Further reading
- “παράκοιτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παράκοιτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παράκοιτις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “παράκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press