πεντάτευχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πεντα- (penta-, “five”) +‎ τεῦχος (teûkhos, “case of papyrus rolls”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pen.tá.teu̯.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /penˈta.teʍ.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.teɸ.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.tef.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /penˈda.tef.xos/

Adjective

πεντάτευχος • (pentáteukhos) m or f (neuter πεντάτευχον); second declension

consisting of five papyrus rolls or (more generally) five books
(nominalized, feminine, Judaism, Christianity) Pentateuch, Torah

Declension

Second declension of πεντᾰ́τευχος; πεντᾰ́τευχον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πεντᾰ́τευχος pentắteukhos	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentắteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰ́τευχοι pentắteukhoi	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentắteukhă
Genitive	πεντᾰτεύχου pentăteúkhou	πεντᾰτεύχου pentăteúkhou	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentăteúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentăteúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχων pentăteúkhōn	πεντᾰτεύχων pentăteúkhōn
Dative	πεντᾰτεύχῳ pentăteúkhōi	πεντᾰτεύχῳ pentăteúkhōi	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentăteúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentăteúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοις pentăteúkhois	πεντᾰτεύχοις pentăteúkhois
Accusative	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentắteukhon	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentắteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχους pentăteúkhous	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentắteukhă
Vocative	πεντᾰ́τευχε pentắteukhe	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentắteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentăteúkhō	πεντᾰ́τευχοι pentắteukhoi	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentắteukhă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πεντᾰτεύχως pentăteúkhōs		πεντᾰτευχότερος pentăteukhóteros		πεντᾰτευχότᾰτος pentăteukhótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Πεντάτευχος (Pentátefchos)
→ Latin: Pentateuchus
- → Asturian: Pentateucu
- → Catalan: Pentateuc
- → Dutch: Pentateuch
  - Afrikaans: Pentateug
  - → Indonesian: Pentateukh
- → Finnish: pentateukki
- → French: Pentateuque
- → Galician: Pentateuco
- → Italian: Pentateuco
- → Polish: Pentateuch
- → Portuguese: Pentateuco
- → Romanian: Pentateuh
- → Spanish: Pentateuco