πτωτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptɔː.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
Adjective
πτωτός • (ptōtós) m (feminine πτωτή, neuter πτωτόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πτωτός ptōtós |
πτωτή ptōtḗ |
πτωτόν ptōtón |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτοί ptōtoí |
πτωταί ptōtaí |
πτωτᾰ́ ptōtắ | |||||
| Genitive | πτωτοῦ ptōtoû |
πτωτῆς ptōtês |
πτωτοῦ ptōtoû |
πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn |
πτωταῖν ptōtaîn |
πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn |
πτωτῶν ptōtôn |
πτωτῶν ptōtôn |
πτωτῶν ptōtôn | |||||
| Dative | πτωτῷ ptōtōî |
πτωτῇ ptōtēî |
πτωτῷ ptōtōî |
πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn |
πτωταῖν ptōtaîn |
πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn |
πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs |
πτωταῖς ptōtaîs |
πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs | |||||
| Accusative | πτωτόν ptōtón |
πτωτήν ptōtḗn |
πτωτόν ptōtón |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτούς ptōtoús |
πτωτᾱ́ς ptōtā́s |
πτωτᾰ́ ptōtắ | |||||
| Vocative | πτωτέ ptōté |
πτωτή ptōtḗ |
πτωτόν ptōtón |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ |
πτωτώ ptōtṓ |
πτωτοί ptōtoí |
πτωταί ptōtaí |
πτωτᾰ́ ptōtắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πτωτῶς ptōtôs |
πτωτότερος ptōtóteros |
πτωτότᾰτος ptōtótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πτωτῐκός (ptōtĭkós)
Further reading
- “πτωτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτωτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette