σάκτας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σάττω (sáttō, “to pack, stuff”). Not related to σάκκος (sákkos, “sack; sackcloth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sák.taːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsak.tas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsak.tas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsak.tas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsak.tas/
Noun
σᾰ́κτᾱς • (sắktās) m (genitive σᾰ́κτου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σᾰ́κτᾱς ho sắktās |
τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sắktā |
οἱ σᾰ́κται hoi sắktai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σᾰ́κτου toû sắktou |
τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sắktain |
τῶν σᾰκτῶν tôn săktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σᾰ́κτᾳ tōî sắktāi |
τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sắktain |
τοῖς σᾰ́κταις toîs sắktais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σᾰ́κτᾱν tòn sắktān |
τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sắktā |
τοὺς σᾰ́κτᾱς toùs sắktās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́κτᾱ sắktā |
σᾰ́κτᾱ sắktā |
σᾰ́κται sắktai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σάκτας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σάκτας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette