πραότης
See also: πρᾳότης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πρᾳότης (prāiótēs)
Etymology
πρᾶο(ς) (prâo(s)) + -της (-tēs). Also, with a spelling from πρᾷος (prāîos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /praː.ó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /praˈo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /praˈo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /praˈo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /praˈo.tis/
Noun
πρᾱότης • (prāótēs) f (genitive πρᾱότητος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πρᾱότης hē prāótēs |
τὼ πρᾱότητε tṑ prāótēte |
αἱ πρᾱότητες hai prāótētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πρᾱότητος tês prāótētos |
τοῖν πρᾱοτήτοιν toîn prāotḗtoin |
τῶν πρᾱοτήτων tôn prāotḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πρᾱότητῐ tēî prāótētĭ |
τοῖν πρᾱοτήτοιν toîn prāotḗtoin |
ταῖς πρᾱότησῐ / πρᾱότησῐν taîs prāótēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πρᾱότητᾰ tḕn prāótētă |
τὼ πρᾱότητε tṑ prāótēte |
τᾱ̀ς πρᾱότητᾰς tā̀s prāótētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρᾱότης prāótēs |
πρᾱότητε prāótēte |
πρᾱότητες prāótētes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: πραότητα (praótita) (learned)
Further reading
- “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πραότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amiability idem, page 27.
- clemency idem, page 137.
- gentleness idem, page 357.
- graciousness idem, page 368.
- humanity idem, page 409.
- indulgence idem, page 435.
- kindness idem, page 469.
- lenity idem, page 485.
- meekness idem, page 522.
- mercifulness idem, page 525.
- mildness idem, page 529.
- patience idem, page 598.
- placability idem, page 615.
- smoothness idem, page 788.
- suavity idem, page 830.
- tenderness idem, page 861.