πηκτίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πᾶκτις (pâktis) — Aeolic
  • πᾱκτίς (pāktís) — Doric

Etymology

From πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to fix, to stick”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πηκτίς • (pēktís) f (genitive πηκτίδος); third declension

  1. stringed instrument used by the Lydians
  2. shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan
  3. (in the plural) cage or net for catching birds
  4. carving knife

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πηκτῐ́ς; τῆς πηκτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πηκτῐ́ς
hē pēktĭ́s 		τὼ πηκτῐ́δε
tṑ pēktĭ́de 		αἱ πηκτῐ́δες
hai pēktĭ́des
Genitive τῆς πηκτῐ́δος
tês pēktĭ́dos 		τοῖν πηκτῐ́δοιν
toîn pēktĭ́doin 		τῶν πηκτῐ́δων
tôn pēktĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ πηκτῐ́δῐ
tēî pēktĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν πηκτῐ́δοιν
toîn pēktĭ́doin 		ταῖς πηκτῐ́σῐ / πηκτῐ́σῐν
taîs pēktĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πηκτῐ́δᾰ
tḕn pēktĭ́dă 		τὼ πηκτῐ́δε
tṑ pēktĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς πηκτῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s pēktĭ́dăs
Vocative πηκτῐ́ς
pēktĭ́s 		πηκτῐ́δε
pēktĭ́de 		πηκτῐ́δες
pēktĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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