τετανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τείνω (teínō, “I stretch, I pull tight”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.ta.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/

Adjective

τετᾰνός • (tetănós) m (feminine τετᾰνή, neuter τετᾰνόν); first/second declension

Stretched, rigid; straightened, smooth.
1. synonym of τετανόθριξ (tetanóthrix)

Inflection

First and second declension of τετᾰνός; τετᾰνή; τετᾰνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τετᾰνός tetănós	τετᾰνή tetănḗ	τετᾰνόν tetănón	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνοί tetănoí	τετᾰναί tetănaí	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Genitive	τετᾰνοῦ tetănoû	τετᾰνῆς tetănês	τετᾰνοῦ tetănoû	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰναῖν tetănaîn	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰνῶν tetănôn	τετᾰνῶν tetănôn	τετᾰνῶν tetănôn
Dative	τετᾰνῷ tetănōî	τετᾰνῇ tetănēî	τετᾰνῷ tetănōî	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰναῖν tetănaîn	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰνοῖς tetănoîs	τετᾰναῖς tetănaîs	τετᾰνοῖς tetănoîs
Accusative	τετᾰνόν tetănón	τετᾰνήν tetănḗn	τετᾰνόν tetănón	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνούς tetănoús	τετᾰνᾱ́ς tetănā́s	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Vocative	τετᾰνέ tetăné	τετᾰνή tetănḗ	τετᾰνόν tetănón	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνοί tetănoí	τετᾰναί tetănaí	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	τετᾰνῶς tetănôs			τετᾰνώτερος tetănṓteros			τετᾰνώτᾰτος tetănṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τέτανος (tétanos, noun)

References

“τετανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1457-1458

[Beekes-1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1457-1458

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