ἄρκτος

See also: άρκτος and Ἄρκτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἄρκος (árkos)

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognates include Latin ursus, Welsh arth, Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa), Old Armenian արջ (arǰ), and Albanian ari. The meaning of “north” derives from Ἄρκτος (Árktos, “Ursa Major”), because the constellation is in the northern part of the sky.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ᾰ̓́ρκτος • (ắrktos) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ρκτου); second declension

    1. bear
    2. the north

    Inflection

    Second declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκτος; τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκτου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκτος
    hē ắrktos     		τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκτω
    tṑ ắrktō     		αἱ ᾰ̓́ρκτοι
    hai ắrktoi
    Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκτου
    tês ắrktou     		τοῖν ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν
    toîn ắrktoin     		τῶν ᾰ̓́ρκτων
    tôn ắrktōn
    Dative τῇ ᾰ̓́ρκτῳ
    tēî ắrktōi     		τοῖν ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν
    toîn ắrktoin     		ταῖς ᾰ̓́ρκτοις
    taîs ắrktois
    Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓́ρκτον
    tḕn ắrkton     		τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκτω
    tṑ ắrktō     		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ρκτους
    tā̀s ắrktous
    Vocative ᾰ̓́ρκτε
    ắrkte     		ᾰ̓́ρκτω
    ắrktō     		ᾰ̓́ρκτοι
    ắrktoi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Coordinate terms

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    ἄρκτος (árktos)
    Βορέας (Boréas)
    δύσις (dúsis)
    Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros)     		ἀνατολή (anatolḗ)
    Εὖρος (Eûros)
    μεσημβρία (mesēmbría)
    Νότος (Nótos)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

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